Mexico to deport 500 migrants who charged US border

Washington Examiner:

The Mexican government announced Sunday evening that it will deport nearly 500 migrants who rushed the U.S. border between Tijuana and San Diego, Calif.

In a statement, Mexico's interior department said these migrants were captured with the help of local authorities of the government from the state of Baja California and will be deported after attempting to cross the border "violently" and "illegally."

Videos and photos of the migrants, including children, crossing a footbridge over a canal in Tijuana as they headed to the border were posted to social media. The incident prompted both the U.S. and Mexico to shut down the port of entry on their respective sides.

U.S. border agents fired tear gas at some of the migrants as they tried to break through the border fence.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Sunday evening that the San Ysidro port of entry had reopened for cars and pedestrians, and confirmed that multiple illegal entrants were apprehended by Border Patrol agents. CBP also confirmed that multiple U.S. Border Patrol agents hit by rocks, and in response, CBP personnel were "required to deploy crowd dispersing devices, to include pepper ball launching systems, and CS canisters."

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said DHS would "not tolerate this type of lawlessness."

"After being prevented from entering the Port of Entry, some of these migrants attempted to breach legacy fence infrastructure along the border and sought to harm CBP personnel by throwing projectiles at them," Nielsen said in a statement. "As I have continually stated, DHS will not tolerate this type of lawlessness and will not hesitate to shut down ports of entry for security and public safety reasons. We will also seek to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law anyone who destroys federal property, endangers our frontline operators, or violates our nation’s sovereignty."
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Mexico needed to do this to impose discipline on the migrants and to deter further lawlessness on its territory. The migrants who charged the fence ignore the orders of Mexican police and endangered themselves.

Mexico also acted more responsibly than Democrat Sen. Brian Schatz who accused the US of using "chemical weapons" on the invading horde.  Schatz later deleted his tweet accusing the US of using improper force.  Open borders Democrats are responsible for some of this violence because they support the illegal entry into the US and the bogus asylum claims of economic migrants.