Migrant Crisis: US Troops Erect Barricades, Razor Fence in San Diego as First Migrants Arrive in Tijuana

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US military and border protection units extended razor wire and erected barricades at the point of entry near San Diego, California, as the first groups of migrants arrived at the US-Mexico border.

Hundreds of migrants who had split off from the main ‘caravan’ arrived in Tijuana early Tuesday on nine buses.

Numbering just over 350 people, the migrants joined an initial, small group of around 85 people, mostly members of the LGBT community, who’d experienced discrimination within the main crowd and were helped to make it to the Mexican border town even earlier on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the US soldiers started reinforcing their positions In anticipation of potential clashes at the border.

To tackle any “potential safety and security risk,” the US Customs and Border Protection announced lane closures at the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa ports of entry, to install “port hardening infrastructure equipment” in preparation for the migrant caravan arrival.

Currently, several thousand Central American migrants heading for the US are in the western Mexico Guadalajara city. Most of them intend to take the Pacific coast route to reach the US, which is still about 1,500 miles away.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team