Forty-two caravan migrants broke into the United and were arrested on Sunday, while organizers pushed women and children to the front of the melee, a top border patrol agent told CNN.
“Forty-two [caravan migrants] crossed the border and were arrested … there were numerous people that actually made it across the border,” said Rodney Scott, Chief Patrol Agent for the San Diego Sector of the border.
The caravan’s organizers also pushed women and children to the front of the clash, Scott said November 26:
What I find unconscionable is that people would take
children intentionally into this situation. What we saw over and over
yesterday was that the group, the caravan as we call them, would push
women and children toward the front and then begin, basically, rocking
our agents.
Scott said his agent did not aim the tear gas at the women and children who climbed up towards the wall, saying:
We try specifically to target the instigators, the person assaulting the
agent. But as you saw, once that chemical is released, it does go
through the air … I inhaled quite a bit of it yesterday...MORE
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