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The US President not only today defended the use of tear gas to disperse a group of immigrants on the Mexican border, but also threatened to close the border crossing permanently.
used to prevent people from the caravan of migrants from entering the United States. EFE
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, today threatened the "permanent" closure of the Mexican border and defended the use of tear gas on Sunday when hundreds of Immigrants tried to forcibly enter the country. after opening a breach in the border fence in San Diego (California).
Several people were injured during the confrontation and 69 immigrants were arrested near the gateway to San Ysidro, California. A large group of protesters managed to open a metal fence and enter the United States.
These events led President Trump to take on Twitter against the caravan of immigrants, among whom there are "criminals" and asked Mexico to deport them to their homeland. ;origin.
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Already in statements to the press, the president supported the measure of agents, saying that they were facing an "avalanche" and he insisted that his decision responds to a basic idea: "No one enters the country unless they do it legally."
However, the head of the Border Patrol Area in San Diego, California, Rodney Scott, said today According to the CNN channel, "many people" would have entered the United States by stretches in which the wall could not be reinforced with Tijuana (Mexico).
Commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Kevin McAleenan explained that the use of pepper spray was necessary to prevent "that a dangerous situation worsens ".
McAleenan said the measure, which included the use of rubber bullets, was justified by the badault of nearly "one thousand people". who were part of the caravan of migrants arrived in the last days to apply for asylum on the border between Tijuana (Mexico) and San Diego.
During these disturbances, McAleenan explained, four officers were badaulted with stones and other projectiles. they had not been injured since they were wearing riot gear.
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The situation at the California border is such that the Department of Defense (DOD) announced today that, having badyzed the situation with CBP, in recent days were transferred to California to 300 soldiers who they were deployed to Texas and Arizona.
These soldiers, which include military police units, logistic units and engineers, strengthen the Safe operation Line in which the government deployed about 5,600 soldiers along the line separating Mexico, including 1,800 in California.
However, after the confrontation of the day before, the crossing returned to normal today and there was no delay other than the usual one at the border crossing and without special operation in his
However, the bad news reached the Trump administration in the form of many criticisms against the actions of federal agents when using methods against a group of people, including minors.
"CBP must not use tear gas against children in any way, and it is scandalous and inhumane," said Lorella Praeli, Deputy Policy Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) .
"These are not the values of our nation.We must reject the lies of the president in his attempt to criminalize and dehumanize families seeking asylum."
Congressman Joaquín Castro, Member from the Foreign Affairs Committee of Congress, called for the decision to use tear gas. as "cruel, useless and incompatible with who we are and what we aspire to be as a nation."
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The Democrat urged the government to work towards the stabilization of the North Triangle of Central America (Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala ), from where most of the caravans of migrants come from and thus attack the root of the problem.
"The closure of our borders and the spraying of gas to vulnerable populations is not the answer, and we can and should act better as a nation," Castro added about what happened on Sunday, including the closing the border crossing for five hours Sunday. San Ysidro, considered the busiest in the world.
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