Around 500 immigrants attacked US border patrol with rocks, as they attempted to make an illegal entry into the US instead of waiting for an application for asylum to be reviewed. The US border patrol responded with tear gas dispersing the mob.
Mexican authorities arrested around 500 people who they say attempted to rush the US border "violently" and "illegally". The Mexican ministry of the interior says that they intend to deport the group. The said this of the incident, "far from helping their objectives", the migrants' actions had violated the legal migration framework and could have led to a "serious incident".
Tensions have been high in Tijuana since the arrival of the migrants about a month ago. the city was not prepared for the sudden avalanche of people that showed up without invitation making demands. Anti migrant attitudes are rising as the numbers continue to swell placing demands for food, clothing, and shelter on a city that simply isn't prepared to this kind of crisis.
Some migrants have decided to take a different route. According to the minister of the interior nearly 3000 migrants have applied for asylum with Mexico. That is a smart move on their part considering that international Asylum laws state that asylum seekers are supposed to ask for asylum with the first country that they enter.
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