In San Ysidro, Border Patrol provides tour of port of entry at heart of migrant caravan drama
SAN YSIDRO, Calif. - Homeland Security officials on Tuesday doubled down on their use of tear gas Sunday on migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and painted the group as large and violent.
Officials gave a handful of journalists a tour Tuesday of the San Ysidro Port of Entry and surrounding areas of the border wall, stopping at points where they said dozens of migrants had climbed the metal barrier and hurled rocks at Border Patrol officers. They said they wanted to provide a front-row look at what played out that day and how "loopholes" in the nation's immigration system have stretched already limited resources.
Amid the confrontation Sunday, United States authorities
