US shuts border post as migrants try to cross from MexicoTIJUANA, Mexico — US officials closed a border crossing in southern California on Sunday after hundreds of migrants, part of the "caravan" condemned by President Donald Trump, tried to breach a fence from the Mexican city of Tijuana, authorities announced. Border officials in San Diego, California, said on Twitter that they had temporarily closed the San Ysidro crossing point -- one of the busiest between the two countries -- to both vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Mexican Interior Minister Alfonso Navarrete on Sunday immediately accused some of the migrants of attempting the Tijuana crossing in a "violent way." Video clips posted Sunday on Twitter showed large numbers of migrants dashing across a shallow concrete waterway toward the border. A reported asylum dealHe has deployed some 9,000 US troops along the border in support of the US Customs and Border Protection agents.

Source: Philippine Star November 26, 2018 00:22 UTC