Tear gas fired at migrants protesting near U.S.-Mexico border

The San Ysidro border crossing closed on Sunday.
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The United States temporarily closed a major port of entry to the U.S. from Mexico on Sunday as hundreds of migrants approached the southern border at San Ysidro.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection tweeted that "several migrants threw projectiles at the agents in San Diego. Border Patrol agents deployed tear gas to dispel the group because of the risk to agents' safety. Several agents were hit by the projectiles." The incident started with a peaceful protest, with migrants calling on the United States to speed up the processing of asylum claims.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.