Illegal aliens from the caravan attempted to storm the San Ysidro border crossing. Border Patrol agents fired canisters of tear gas, to break up the crowd.
The illegals left their camp in Tijuana and made their way towards the border. They tried to force their way across and some swam and waded the Tijuana River that is filled with feces and other not so nice smelling substances. President Trump had said earlier in the day that the caravan members would not be allowed to cross. He then shut down the border crossing, both ways to vehicles and pedestrians.
Authorities clashed with members of a migrant caravan after a group estimated to be in the hundreds stormed a US port of entry, according to video and photos posted to social media from journalists on the ground.
The migrants left a makeshift shelter in Tijuana to head for San Ysidro, the largest port of entry on the southern US border. It has been reported nearly 5,000 migrants from the Central American caravan were being held in the Mexican city.
Hundreds try to storm the border. Expect significant US response #tijuana pic.twitter.com/0T50XUnXtY
— emma murphy (@emmamurphyitv) November 25, 2018
Families crossing the river and after that a steep hike to the other side pic.twitter.com/UHvfx7dnic
— Annie Rose Ramos (@Annie_Rose23) November 25, 2018
A CBP spokesperson said officials had suspended northbound and southbound vehicle and pedestrian crossings.
Officials from the Department of Homeland Security did not return requests for comment.
US Border Patrol then reportedly launched tear gas toward the Mexican side of the border, which Associated Press correspondent Chris Sherman tweeted carried for hundreds of yards.
The San Ysidro port of entry is now closed, according to a loudspeaker announcement. Barricades in place to block entry under the Chaparral footbridge and Mexican immigration officials blocking the parking lot. pic.twitter.com/Zqwj4uRbSz
— Maya Averbuch (@mayaaverbuch) November 25, 2018