https://wgntv.com/2018/11/27/trump-denies-tear-gas-was-used-on-child-migrants-despite-pictures-video/
President Donald Trump on Monday denied that federal agents along the US-Mexico border used tear gas on child migrants, but photos and videos show women and children migrants were among those caught up in an incident between border agents and a migrant group that rushed a border crossing Sunday.
At the White House, Trump said that border agents involved in the incident “had to use (force) because they were being rushed by some very tough people and they used tear gas.”
“Here’s the bottom line, nobody’s coming into our country unless they’re coming legally,” he added. Trump also said the Mexican government “wants to see if they can straighten it out.”
The President later also denied that the tear gas was used against children. However, video and images of the scene also showed a cloud of tear gas that sent people running and screaming, including families with young children.
Video https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/25/us/san-ysidro-port-of-entry-closed/index.html
“Is it OK to use tear gas on children?” a reporter asked.
The President responded, “We didn’t. We don’t use it on children.”
Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said, per protocol, the decision to fire was made by agents on the scene using their professional judgment, and also per protocol the incident will be reviewed. He also described CBP as having responded with use of force to primarily adult males throwing rocks.
McAleenan told reporters earlier Monday that as many as 1,000 people that were part of a migrant caravan traveling through Central America and Mexico sought to enter the US illegally.
Closing the border crossings “prevented a dangerous situation from getting worse,” McAleenan said.
He added that according to CBP’s initial report, 69 people were apprehended entering the US. McAleenan said he was not aware of any successful illegal entries by caravan members into the US.
“[CBP] effectively managed an extremely dangerous situation involving over 1,000 individuals who sought to enter the US unlawfully in large groups. They did so safely and without any reported serious injuries on either side of the border,” McAleenan said.
Sunday’s incident marked an escalation of tensions that have been mounting since groups of Central American migrants began arriving in Tijuana a few weeks ago on their journey to attempt to gain entry to the US. The incident began with a march to the border that organizers said would be peaceful. In response, CBP deployed additional personnel to San Ysidro, California, on Sunday in expectation of demonstrations on both sides of the border.
McAleenan said individuals breached the border fence to the east of San Ysidro and some went west and sought to enter through the Tijuana River channel. He described “assaultive behavior” by some migrants in both locations. Border Patrol agents countered using “less lethal devices,” which included tear gas and “other projectiles,” but not rubber bullets. He said CBP does not have rubber bullets in its inventory on the border.
Four agents were hit with rocks, but because of their protective gear they were not seriously injured, McAleenan said.
Sunday's melee closed one of the world's busiest international crossings, San Ysidro Port of Entry, near San Diego, to vehicle and pedestrian traffic for several hours. By Sunday afternoon, CBP reopened crossing lanes in both directions to pedestrians and vehicles.
On Monday morning, the President tweeted that the US "will close the Border permanently if need be."
On the other side of the border in Mexico, Tijuana police had arrested 39 people by Sunday night, the agency said on Facebook.
The House Judiciary Committee's top Democrat, New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, said in a statement that the incident on the border "is not a surprise, and this administration's shoot-from-the-hip border policies have only complicated the situation."
"Our laws allow asylum seekers to apply for asylum at our southern border, but there is really no clear policy on how to do that," Nadler added. "And that kind of confusion inevitably leads to desperate incidents like those we saw yesterday."
NOPE. Here is a Video showing Otherwise that the tear gassing of Children was probably staged.
Thank You to @Mad_As_Hell https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2875222/15257181?context=10 and to @TrishaUK for the post and Video
VIDEO https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2875222/15257181?context=10
Picture Showing Staged Scene https://i.imgur.com/UgNmi0Z.jpg
Pizzagate Related because it shows how MSM is falsely creating propaganda about President hurting and abusing Our Children
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kazza64 ago
' they ' whoever organised the migrant caravan were waiting for the travellers to reach the border and when they did they took the opportunity to stage a disturbing photo naturally with a woman and children and then rueters who are fake news released it and probably fooled most of the people unfortunately
carmencita ago
So the woman didn't know you think? Still she had Children that looked like they were not hers. It could be she was married to someone much lighter than her. There are people in certain areas of Mexico that have blond or light brown hair and fair skin. But this is unlikely. Still those Children look like they were not loved by this woman. She would only bring them all that way if she cared for them. Or they were taken. I feel so sad for those Children. Something is seriously up with the diaper and the flip flops. Wonder where are those Little Babies?