in case you were unaware it ain't just mexicans and other central americans coming across the border and here is some evidence;
Migrants from Africa demanding the right to travel to the US and
Canada clashed with Mexican military police after Mexico cracked down on
free migration in response to US threats of economic retaliation.
Nationals of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Angola,
Senegal, Cameroon, and several other African countries, stuck in
southern Mexico after the government clamped down on northward migration
in response to US pressure, are protesting for the right to continue
their journey. They are demanding travel documents and government
support, so that they can enter the US. On Tuesday, their demonstrations
turned violent.
Video taken at Tapachula detention center near Mexico’s border with
Guatemala shows migrants pelting Mexican military police with trash
cans, bottles, even the tents they’ve purchased for what has turned out
to be an extended stay in the border town. Police are seen pushing back
with riot shields as protesters chant. At one point, a seemingly
unconscious policeman is carried into an ambulance as the rioters cheer,
and another demonstrator is seen lying on the ground after reportedly
fainting.
The demonstrations at the government-run migration center began
peacefully enough earlier this month, but have grown increasingly
agitated as migrants realize getting to the US is no longer as easy as
showing up and claiming asylum. Mexican authorities, which once handed
out “humanitarian” visas allowing migrants to travel north
freely, reportedly ended the practice five months ago. Mexico has
deployed tens of thousands of troops to its borders, in response to US
President Donald Trump’s threats to impose tariffs if the country is
unable to get illegal crossings under control.
Mexican security forces were sent to clear out the protesters several
days into the Tapachula demonstrations, reportedly arresting several
men who were later released. Mexican immigration authorities report they
are utterly overwhelmed by the enormous number of migrants flooding
into the country. Authorities are detaining more African migrants than
ever before, as many turned to crossing the Atlantic due to European
nations curtailing their own open-door migration policy.......https://www.amren.com/news/2019/08/us-bound-african-migrants-clash-with-police-at-southern-mexican-border/
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