By throwing projectiles at them. We will not tolerate this lawlessness and not hesitate to shut down ports of entry for security and Public Safety reasons. All this happening as the incoming Mexican Government denies reports that it has reached a deal with the Trump Administration to keep Asylum Seekers in mexico while theyre applications are pending. Its something the president has also been tweeting about this weekend. Lets get right to cnns nick watt. He just arrived there in san eas i said droe, california. Set the seen. Reporter about five minutes ago i heard if authorities here that they have now opened the pedestrian lanes north and south. Theyve been closed for about four hours since this incident went. It was supposed to be a peaceful process. Some of them managed to overwhelm Mexican Police on that side and according to Kirstjen Nielsen they tried to climb over legacy fencing around this border, which is, by the way, one of the busiest land borders on earth. She also says tha
Customs and border personnel by throwing projectiles at them, and the agency warns the u. S. Wont tolerate this type of lawlessness and will not hesitate to shut down other ports of entry. Tonight additional agents are now headed to the border as patrol helicopters stalk from overhead. For his part, President Trump has threatened to clothes entire southern border if the u. S. And mexico cannot broker a dole on how to handle asylumseekers. Nick watt is at the san ysidro crossing for us. Nick, what more are you seeing right now . Reporter listen, this is one of the busiest Border Crossings in the world and particularly busy with thanksgiving and people coming back and forth. Now, this Border Crossing was closed to vehicles and pedestrians for around four hours. It just reopened about a little over an hour ago. The road which is up there, the 5 freeway, is still closed, in fact, when i was driving down here earlier this afternoon the roadblock was more than two miles back from the border.