https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/27/americas/...index.html
More than 5,800 migrants have taken shelter in the Benito Juarez Sports Complex, according to Mexico's Social Development Secretariat, ....three times above the facility's capacity, said Rodolfo Olimpo, a representative from Baja California state's Special Committee on Migration Issues....
Amnesty International said on Monday that the shelter doesn't have enough resources for migrants housed there, describing conditions as "unsanitary." "Mexican federal, state and municipal officials separately confirmed to Amnesty International that the temporary shelter did not have sufficient food, water and health services, and that respiratory illnesses were spreading among those staying there..."
The growing number of migrants in Tijuana, a city of about 2 million people just south of California, is "a big problem" that "we are not capable of solving," Mayor Juan Manuel Gastélum told CNN.
Thousands of Central American migrants have arrived in Tijuana in recent weeks...Days after tensions flared and US officials fired tear gas at the border, the mood inside the massive Tijuana shelter was somber Tuesday. Some migrants said they were now unsure of what to do next... US officials maintain that violence Sunday on the part of migrants who rushed the border and threw rocks left them with no other choice.
"The agents responded with the least amount of force that we possibly could," said Rodney Scott, chief of the US Customs and Border Protection's San Diego Sector...
"We don't target women and children. If women and children choose to insert themselves into a violent crowd that is attacking police with rocks and bottles, there are going to be unintended consequences. ... US Border Patrol agents will not stand there, get assaulted with rocks and bottles and not respond," Scott said. "The pepper gas is an irritant. There's no permanent harm. But the easiest way to avoid it is comply with the law, go to the port of entry and get in line with everyone else."
https://www.kusi.com/the-latest-update-o...rn-border/
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Things are more peaceful along the border. There have been no clashes since Sunday and all lanes are open along the busiest crossing on Earth.
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