President Trump said Nov. 26 that U.S. agents used tear gas on migrants at the U.S. -Mexico border because they were “being rushed by some very tough people.” (The Washington Post)
GULFPORT, MISS. — President Trump on Monday suggested without evidence that some of the migrants who were tear-gassed at the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday were “grabbers” who took others’ children to protect themselves.
In an exchange with reporters here before heading to Biloxi, Miss., to headline a rally for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R), Trump also threatened to close the border “for a long time.”
Trump’s remarks came hours after he defended the use of tear gas by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents against a crowd of migrants at the San Ysidro border crossing on Sunday. Trump said that three U.S. agents were “very badly hurt” by rocks and stones thrown by migrants during the unrest.