Hundreds of migrants who rushed the southern United States border in California on Nov. 25, will be deported by Mexico.
Hundreds of migrants who rushed the southern United States border in California on Nov. 25 while chucking projectiles at Border Patrol agents and who were beaten back by tear gas will be deported by Mexico.
Hundreds of people rushed the border, dismantled part of the fence, and began streaming through the opening. But they were pushed back by tear gas launched by United States officers as they tried to cross a second wall.
Mexican Interior Minister Alfonso Navarrete said that the migrants were encouraged by some of the caravan’s leaders to rush the border.
The group managed to bypass a security cordon and scrambled to try and dismantle the fence and illegally enter the United States. Some 2,000 migrants participated, a Mexican federal police officer at the scene told The Epoch Times.
Now Mexican authorities say they’ll deport nearly 500 of the migrants who tried to enter America.
“Migrants who participate in these violent events who are fully identified will be deported immediately,” the Ministry of Interior said in a statement . “Such provocative acts, far from helping their objectives, violate the legal migration framework and can result in serious incidents on the border.”
Mexico said it would repair the damaged fence but would not deploy military forces to the border.
The border rush came as thousands of migrants streamed into Tijuana in the past week, triggering a humanitarian crisis, after some analysts wrongly claimed earlier in November that the caravans would never reach the United States. The Ministry of Interior said the main caravan has 8,247 people, with 7,417 of those located in Tijuana or nearby Mexicali.
The other caravans with thousands of people each were still on their way to the border.
The ministry said that migrants should accept the asylum offered by Mexico, noting that it includes work, health care, education, and other benefits.
