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Images and videos posted on social media Sunday afternoon showed hundreds of migrants from the main caravan of Central America pushing the Mexican riot police and crossing the border at the San port entrance Ysidro, California, during an important test conducted by both US authorities and US border authorities. Mexican officials.
US Customs and Border Protection authorities have suspended the passage of vehicles and pedestrians to the north and south of the San Ysidro port, Fox News officials said, and tear gas was reported. were launched on the US side of the border. The children screamed and coughed in chaos.
In less than an hour, the group that rushed to the border has largely dispersed. Most of the migrants in the group were men.
Fox News had confirmed Sunday morning through the intermediary of an organizer of Pueblo Sin Fronteras, the group participating in the organization of the main caravan of migrants from Central America, that members of the caravan were planning to cross the port of entry of San Ysidro later in the day.
Images posted by ITV correspondent Emma Murphy also showed several US Border Patrol helicopters flying at low altitude near the Mexican side of the border.
Migrants cross a riverbed in Mexico, United States. Border after crossing a police line at the Chaparral border post in Tijuana, Mexico on Sunday, November 25, 2018, while they were trying to reach the United States. The mayor of Tijuana said a humanitarian crisis in his city has requested the help of the United Nations to deal with the estimated 5,000 Central American migrants who arrived in the city. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
In anticipation of the planned migration effort, US authorities announced that they have deployed additional personnel to the San Ysidro port of entry on Sunday, including air and sea forces.
Other the video shows migrants pushing towards a border fence singing, "Yes we can."
The dramatic escalation at the border occurred when the new Mexican government on Saturday denied reports that the Mexican government would have an agreement with the White House to keep asylum seekers in the country. country while their claims would be passed to US immigration courts. President Trump, for his part, again threatened to close the entire southern border if no agreement could be reached between the two counties.
On Saturday, the US Border Patrol in Arizona reported the first episode of caravan-related violence against the US authorities. A 31-year-old Honduran man, who apparently had separated from the caravan, had thrown stones at officers and a tree helicopter on fire.
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The eventual agreement between the United States and Mexico was seen as a deterrent to thousands of Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States, a process that could take years. The legal impediment to asylum demand is high and usually requires applicants to demonstrate a risk of persecution based on factors such as race, nationality, politics or religion.
Migrants cross a police line as they head towards the border between Chaparral and Tijuana, Mexico on Sunday, November 25, 2018, near the point of entry of San Ysidro in the United States. More than 5,000 migrants are camping in and around a Tijuana sports complex after crossing Mexico in recent weeks in a caravan. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
Trump administration officials have called the vast majority of asylum applications fraudulent or inadequately legal and have taken steps to reduce the backlog of asylum claims that , they say, are often used by migrants to enter the United States and disappear in the country. are judged.
A migrant man pushes a child in a stroller in front of a riot police cordon as he joins a small group of migrants trying to cross the border together at the Chaparral border post in Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday, November 22, 2018. A group of immigrants from Central America walked peacefully Thursday to a border post in Tijuana to demand better conditions and lobby for entry to the United States (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
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"There is no agreement of any kind between the new Mexican government and the US government," said the future Interior Minister Olga Sanchez in a statement.
A few hours earlier, the Washington Post quoted her as saying that the new administration of Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador had agreed to allow migrants to stay in Mexico as a "short-term solution" while the United States was considering their asylum applications. Lopez Obrador will take office on December 1st.
Migrants wave US border control helicopters flying near Benito Juarez sports center providing temporary shelter for Central American migrants in Tijuana, Mexico on Saturday, November 24, 2018. Mayor of Tijuana declared a humanitarian crisis in his border town and said that he sought the help of the United Nations to deal with the some 5,000 Central American migrants who arrived in the city. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
The Washington Post reported on Saturday that the Trump administration had secured the support of the Mexican-elected president's team for a plan titled "Rest in Mexico."
Migrants are coming up a river in Mexico, in the United States. Border after crossing a Mexican police line at the Chaparral border post in Tijuana, Mexico on Sunday, November 25, 2018, as they were trying to reach the United States. The mayor of Tijuana declared a humanitarian crisis in his border city he solicited the help of the United Nations to deal with the some 5,000 Central American migrants arrived in the city. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)
According to the newspaper, Sanchez reportedly said, "For the moment, we have accepted this policy of staying in Mexico." Sanchez did not explain in the statement why the Washington Post had quoted him as saying that there had been an agreement.
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Early this Sunday, Trump wrote on Twitter that it would be "very SMART" for Mexico to "stop the Caravans long before they reach our southern border" so that Avoid future logistical problems at the border.
There were signs last week that the Mexican government received this message. Mexican immigration officials on Wednesday arrested almost all Central American migrants on a fourth caravan recently entered Mexico, seeking to reach the United States. The National Institute of Immigration of Mexico reported that 213 migrants had been arrested and taken to a treatment center. Those found to be without proper documentation may be repatriated to their country of origin.
Other government officials have issued optimistic ratings despite apparent confusion over how to manage migrants.
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"President Trump has developed a strong relationship with the new [Lopez] The Obrador Administration, and we look forward to working with them on a wide range of issues, "White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said over the weekend.
About 5,000 Central American migrants have arrived in recent days in Tijuana, just south of California, after crossing Mexico by caravan. But San Diego's port gate agents process fewer than 100 requests a day.
Belize Mejia Flores, a seven-year-old Honduran migrant, holds up an American flag in front of US border control helicopters flying over the Benito Juarez sports center serving as a temporary shelter for Central American migrants in Tijuana, Mexico , Saturday, November 24, 2018 The mayor of Tijuana declared a humanitarian crisis in his border town and said he had asked for help from the United Nations to deal with the 5,000 or so Central American migrants who arrived in the city. (AP Photo / Rodrigo Abd)
On Friday, the mayor of Tijuana declared a humanitarian crisis in his border town of 1.6 million residents, saying he was asking for help to the United Nations to deal with some 5,000 Central American migrants, including most camped in a sports complex.
Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum's remarks were made as city officials and volunteers worked together to help the 4,976 men, women and children who arrived after more than a month on the road.
Hundreds of people in Tijuana protested their arrival and complained about the recent caravans that forced their way into Guatemala from Guatemala.
Trump threatened on Thursday, and again on Saturday, to completely close the border crossing if his administration felt that Mexico had lost the "control" of the situation in Tijuana.
Stephanie Leutert, director of the Mexico Security Initiative at the University of Texas at Austin, described the Staying in Mexico plan as a strategy to prevent migrants from living and working in the United States while processing cases.
"The hope is that asylum seekers will not want to live in [Mexico] for months and years and will not come, "Leutert wrote on Twitter.
She added, "The big question is why would Mexico accept this? … Mexico has its own interests in controlling migration and the different caravans have been a huge puzzle."
US officials have said for months that they are working with Mexico on possible proposals. A variant, called "Safe Third", reportedly refused asylum claims on the grounds that asylum seekers had sought refuge in Mexico. On October 26, President Enrique Pena Nieto offered asylum to thousands of Central Americans if they agreed to stay in southern Mexico. Nearly 3,000 migrants have accepted Mexico's offer.
Sanchez said Saturday that the next government did not expect Mexico to become a "third party".
Julieta Vences, a Morena party congressman from Lopez Obrador, who is also chair of the congressional committee on Mexico's migrants, told the AP that the new foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrard, had discussed with US officials treat a multitude of asylum applications at the border.
"They will have to open the borders (for migrants) to make the request," said Vences. "They will also tell us the dates, the conditions under which they will receive applications (asylum) and if they do not enjoy this status, they will have to return here," said Vences.
She said Mexico needed to consider how to accommodate migrants without irritating the inhabitants.
"When they come back, we will have to see how … we can integrate them into an economic activity so that they can grow and not generate conflict with our own communities."
Local churches and charities have fed the migrants, with the help of state and federal agencies. They also distributed thousands of blankets, thin mattresses and personal hygiene kits.
Griff Jenkins of Fox News and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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