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Border agents use tear gas to stop nearly 50 undocumented migrants who stormed Rio Grande bridge
Fox News.com ^ | July 20, 2019 | Robert Gearty, Samuel Chamberlain

Posted on 07/20/2019 2:23:54 PM PDT by Kaslin

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents had to use tear gas and pepper spray early Saturday to stop nearly 50 “undocumented individuals” from illegally entering the U.S. after they stormed a port of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, officials said.

The incident at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge took place at around 4 a.m. The bridge is closed between midnight at 6 a.m., but CBP has had to construct temporary barriers in the middle of the span due to the large influx of migrants using the bridge at night.

A CBP official told Fox News the group attempted to rush across the bridge in three waves.

"Ignoring commands to stop, the group suddenly rushed the temporary barricades, bent metal poles and disabled the concertina wire affixed to the barrier,” the official said.

CBP officers, Border Patrol agents, Pharr police and members of the Texas Department of Public Safety were called upon to prevent the group’s entry, according to the official.

The bridge opened to commercial traffic at 8 a.m. after a two-hour delay.

The Trump administration has mandated that asylum seekers remain in Mexico while their cases are heard in an effort to slow the flow of mostly Central American migrants to the southern border. The White House also said this week it was banning migrants from seeking U.S. protections if they pass through another country first, though that rule has been challenged in court.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: border; invasion; pharr; pharrreynosabridge; reynosa; texas
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1 posted on 07/20/2019 2:23:54 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
i prefer they use foo-gas...
2 posted on 07/20/2019 2:25:55 PM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors, and come heavily armed!)
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To: Kaslin

Racist tear gas


3 posted on 07/20/2019 2:28:17 PM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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To: All

Claymores would work.

Either kind, although the ones that say “Front Toward Enemy” would be the most effective.

This IS a war. An invasion by foreign forces. Too bad our government doesn’t quite realize it.


4 posted on 07/20/2019 2:32:50 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Kaslin

I know that I’m over reacting a little, but may I suggest Ma Duce and Claymores?

5.56mm


5 posted on 07/20/2019 2:33:39 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: Kaslin

Somehow the name Gatling reminds me of a peculiar way to deal with such a problem...


6 posted on 07/20/2019 2:33:51 PM PDT by exinnj
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To: Kaslin

Going on three years in and we’re still playing whack-a-mole at the border? Really?


7 posted on 07/20/2019 2:34:04 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Kaslin

I mean...it’s a good start..


8 posted on 07/20/2019 2:34:15 PM PDT by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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To: Kaslin

This is only acceptable if they were out of 00 Buckshot.


9 posted on 07/20/2019 2:35:22 PM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: Kaslin

Set up mini-guns. Shoot into the dirt in front of them. Let them walk into the fray if they want


10 posted on 07/20/2019 2:50:50 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Kaslin
Active Denial Technology
11 posted on 07/20/2019 2:50:56 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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Only to be used on Republicans and true American citizens.

Active Denial Technology


12 posted on 07/20/2019 2:59:14 PM PDT by Dacula
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To: Kaslin

This or much more formidable barriers should have been used a LONG time ago. The Border Patrol need to amp it up a whole lot.


13 posted on 07/20/2019 3:01:48 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
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To: Kaslin

more please


14 posted on 07/20/2019 3:04:14 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: LegendHasIt
Claymores would work.

The first kind get kind of heavy after 10 or 20 uses.

15 posted on 07/20/2019 3:07:46 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Make American Intelligence Great Again. Bring back ASA.)
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To: LegendHasIt
Too bad our government doesn’t quite realize it.

They realize it. They're the ones who are orchestrating it. They want it.

16 posted on 07/20/2019 3:08:18 PM PDT by LouAvul
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To: Kaslin

How cruel. snif. sob./s


17 posted on 07/20/2019 3:09:06 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Kaslin

If the tear gas doesn’t work, maybe it’s a good opportunity to field test those microwave crowd repelling devices

then rubber bullets,
Then fire hoses,
then....


18 posted on 07/20/2019 3:10:18 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas
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19 posted on 07/20/2019 3:22:14 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Chode
GAU-19a here

20 posted on 07/20/2019 3:36:19 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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