The United States closed its busiest border crossing with Mexico after Mexican police broke up a protest of Central American migrants massed in Tijuana, and US officers fired tear gas a
Lisbeth Diaz
November 26 2018 2:30 AM
The United States closed its busiest border crossing with Mexico after Mexican police broke up a protest of Central American migrants massed in Tijuana, and US officers fired tear gas at them.
Traffic in both directions was suspended at the San Ysidro port of entry between San Diego and Tijuana.
US President Donald Trump has raised alarms about a caravan of Central American migrants as it approached the US, with its members planning to apply for asylum on reaching the border.
Tensions on the border had been rising in recent days, with thousands of migrants camped out in a sports stadium in Tijuana and hundreds periodically gathering near the main border crossing. The migrants have said they would wait there until they could request asylum, despite growing US measures to tighten the border.
Yesterday, hundreds of caravan members, including women and children, were peacefully protesting when they were stopped by Mexican authorities, who told them to wait for permission.
