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US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has approved a request to expand troops to the Mexican border by the end of January, a US official said Tuesday.
The source, who requested anonymity, said the support would include "the resources of aviation, engineering, medical and military police".
Central American immigrants held at the border separating Mexico from the United States broke the fence. Monday at the border, exposing him to a near-certain detention of US authorities, but hoping that an illegal entry would result in a claim for asylum.
Since mid-October, thousands of Central American nationals, most of Honduras, have crossed Mexico in a caravan heading north to the United States, some of them performing most of the long journey on foot.
President Donald Trump promised to prevent immigrants from entering, sending troops to reinforce the border and attempting a change of procedure until then dismissed by the courts to require that plaintiffs Asylum remain in Mexico during the badysis of their cases. 19659005] Frustrated and exhausted after weeks of uncertainty, many immigrants fell into despair as they found themselves trapped in miserable camps in the Mexican border town of Tijuana.
Some preferred to circumvent legal procedures and attempt to enter Tijuana illegally at dusk. Monday, at a location about 450 meters from the Pacific Ocean.
In less than an hour, Reuters reporters about two dozen people climbed to about three feet tall, made up of thick metal plates and pilasters.
Shortly before dusk, three skinny people dug into the fence near the beach and were quickly seized by the US Border Patrol, witnesses said. .
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Honduran immigrants who are part of a caravan en route to the United States jump along the Mexican border with the United States in the Mexican city of Tijuana 03/12/2018 REUTERS / Alkis Konstantinidis [19659010] But as it darkened the immigrants crossed the border, many taking children along the border, to the interior of the land.
Some have turned rugs into ropes to help their family members climb. A mother with her children pbaded the first barrier and disappeared in the dark. Seeing them jump off the fence encouraged others, even with the presence of a patrol helicopter flying over the US coast. A little earlier, Karen Mayeni A 29-year-old Honduran measured the fence seized by her three children aged 6, 11 and 12 years. "We are watching, waiting to see what will happen," he said. "Decide what to do in a few days." Several immigrants ran to escape the capture, but most of them moved slowly to border patrol officers and gave in.
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