US-Mexico border crossing closed as immigrants attack border.

Illegal immigrants are dispersed by tear gas after attempting to cross the US border and attacking US CBP officers. ABC News/Reuters. 

The US-Mexico San Ysidro border crossing, which is between San Diego and Tijuana, has been closed after hundreds of immigrants attacked the border and attempted to cross illegally. ABC News. The migrants had attempted to cross through the vehicle lanes at the border crossing but were turned back. Some then attempted to climb the wall to the East and West of the crossing but were dispersed by tear gas after some of them attacked Customs and Border Patrol officers. The government says that the immigrants threw projectiles at the CBP officers so they had to respond with force. Mexico detained 500 people who participated in the attack and claims that they will deport them to their home countries. 

U.S.-Mexico border near Tijuana closed as migrants attempt to breach fence:

“Some of these migrants attempted to breach legacy fence infrastructure…and sought to harm CBP personnel by throwing projectiles at them,” DHS Sec. Nielsen said in a statement. https://t.co/YP5cIFX5KZ pic.twitter.com/U0voEg1yAs

— ABC News (@ABC) November 25, 2018

EDIT: Added tweet showing people throwing objects.

Here’s moment right before shot bang. You can see some rocks being thrown. pic.twitter.com/p0M9p7Rx4G

— WendyFry (@WendyFry_) November 25, 2018

My Comment:
This attack on the border was handled well. All the video and pictures I have seen has this somewhere between a riot and an out and out attack. Thankfully, nobody got hurt but it seems clear that these people were causing quite a bit of property damage and were up to no good. The US government responded with a proper amount of force and was able to repel this attack.

I am also pleased that Mexico is responding to this attack as well. They haven't deployed troops to the border like America has but they are working the strengthen the border. More importantly, they have vowed to deport anyone caught participating in this attack. I will believe that when I see it but if true it is an extremely positive step.

None of the people that participated in this attack should ever be allowed into America. And they should all be deported from Mexico as well. Not only have they violated the borders of Mexico, they are now attacking the US border. And they aren't doing it peacefully, so the gloves should come off. They should be thankful that they only had to deal with tear gas and not actual bullets. This kind of thing should never be tolerated by any country, let alone America.

Their actions could have resulted in injuries or even deaths for the CPB officers and soldiers assigned to the border. That elevates this from a simple attempt to violate US sovereignty to an actual attack. Throwing rocks and other objects at people is never acceptable and I sincerely hope that these people pay a price for it. Not to mention the property damage these people caused.

President Trump is threatening to close the entire border. I don't know if that is necessary yet but something has to be done to end this crisis. We can't have people attacking our border, destroying our walls and throwing objects at our federal employees. Closing the border would damage the economy and hurt relations with Mexico but we also can't allow these kinds of attacks to continue. It might happen though as Trump has canceled the rest of his Thanksgiving vacation and is returning to Washington. Part of that might be due to the Ukraine/Russia skirmish, but I am guessing he is back to deal with this crisis.

The media coverage of this attack has been extremely biased. The one photo that everyone has shown is a Reuters one that showed the one woman stupid enough to bring her two small children to a riot. That's an extremely misleading picture as she was about the only one there that wasn't a military aged male. They aren't showing the migrants tearing down the wall and throwing things at CBP officers, but somehow that one Reuters photo is everywhere.

I don't think people are going to fall for it. Whatever sympathy the caravans had is gone now and with many of the attackers going to be deported from Mexico there is a decent chance this doesn't happen again. Mexico has a major motivation to crack down as any border closure will be a disaster for them, so I think they probably will kick these people out and better control the ones who remain. Even if that doesn't happen though, the fact that these people were attacking the border instead of applying for legal entry is going to turn public opinion against them, more so than it is already. Since approval of the caravans is low in the first place, that is really saying something.

It seems clear that the border wall needs repairs and reinforcement. I know razor wire has been deployed but it looks like that should be expanded. We also need a higher wall that isn't so easy to climb instead of the rusted out wall that we have in the area now. In a perfect world Congress would authorize wall funding today in response to this event but the Democrats and wimpy Republicans in Congress will likely do nothing, even with pressure from their constituents...