FACTS:
1. Brandon Judd stated no Border Patrol injuries occurred; he is on National Border Patrol Council - NO INJURIES AT BORDER of Border Patrol Agents - Judd stated this as fact on Fox News at 9:30AM 27 Nov 2081; border patrol representatives and media said some border patrol people were hurt - NOT TRUE!, lies are no surprise, (or did Judd make a mistake?), can we get the truth from anyone?,
2. Immigrants are not breaking the law by seeking asylum and the border patrol knows this full well, and
3. of course Trump supports gassing, he has promoted violence in public speeches (at his rallies) MANY times.
Good optics America! You look like a banana republic. You look like a pariah nation. We are being invaded! Tear gas 'em! Human Rights advocate?
"Why tear gas, lobbed at migrants on the southern border, is banned in warfare"
By Alex Horton November 26, 2018 at 3:53 PM
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“They had to use [tear gas] because they were being rushed by some very tough people,” [Yep, women and children were VERY scary! SOCIOPATH!] President Trump said Monday following public outcry, according to a White House press pool report.
Chemical weapons such as CS gas are indiscriminate and “uniquely terrorizing in their application,” which necessitated their ban in combat in 1993, said Kelsey Davenport, director of nonproliferation policy at the Washington-based Arms Control Association."
Chemical weapons cannot be used to target people as the gas spreads with the wind and should NEVER be fired at an unarmed mix of men, women, and children.
"On the border Sunday, officials described aggressive men rushing fencing, necessitating a response that included tear gas.
But women and children, some in diapers, also came into contact with tear gas, raising questions about whether the use of gas was an appropriate response.
Research has noted that an infant exposed to CS gas develops severe pneumonitis and requires a month of hospitalization. But the effects of tear gas on younger bodies is not well documented, said Anthony H. Cordesman, a biological and chemical weapons expert at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.
“We don’t have the ability to easily predict effects unless there is more history of use against children,” Cordesman told The Post. “It looks like we’re setting the precedent.”
Yep, a human rights precedent for sure! Justified in a way, perhaps, and you were fearful of a rock, but YOU KNEW THE GAS WOULD FLOAT WITH THE WIND!
Is it possible officials on both sides of the border created dire circumstances that made the immigrants desperate? Yep!
"Border Patrol official defends use of tear gas on migrants at border crossing"
Jermaine Ong 6:25 AM, Nov 26,
"When asked to respond to the use of tear gas with women and children among the crowd, Scott said, “What we saw over and over yesterday was the group, the caravan, would push women and children towards the front and then, basically, ‘rocking’ our agents … [Really!? So the caravan group used women and children as human shields?! I hope you have video to prove that, and not Sarah Sander's doctored videos . . . ] We tried to target the instigators, specifically those assaulting the agents, but once that chemical is released, it does go through the air.”"
Yep, and you witnessed how the gas works too! Human's!
"The American Friends Service Committee’s (AFSC) US-Mexico Program condemns the Border Patrol’s violent response to migrants near the San Ysidro PedWest border crossing. Border Patrol agents fired tear gas cannisters, pepper spray, and flash bang grenades at migrants congregating west of the PedWest border crossing, where children inhaled the debilitating gas. Mexican officials reported several injuries, including a journalist and a minor sustaining headwounds from direct teargas canister impacts.
AFSC staff witnessed a low-flying Customs and Border Protection helicopter using the downdraft from its rotors to spread the reach of the teargas cloud into the canal on Mexican territory, where many of the migrants were gathered.
AFSC also denounces the closure of the north and south-bound border crossing at the San Ysidro Land Port of Entry. This is the third time in a week that CBP officials have taken the drastic measure of suspending or closing cross-border traffic, which is a collective punishment tactic meant to sway public opinion against migrants seeking refuge. Using unjustified figures while in San Diego last week, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen stated that 500 migrants of the caravan exodus have criminal backgrounds. [With NO EVIDENCE! Why is Kirstjen saying something she cannot prove!] This is a pejorative and false statement meant to justify the excessive enforcement against migrants fleeing their homelands.
“It is unconscionable that Border Patrol would violently repress migrants who have expressed a desire to petition for asylum in the United States. Shooting men, women, and children with tear gas is reprehensible behavior. Instead of endangering our communities with more militarization, US authorities should concentrate their resources on expediting asylum requests and honoring the basic human rights protections that all vulnerable populations merit and which US authorities are obligated by law to uphold,” stated Pedro Rios, director of AFSC’s US-Mexico Border Program."
Proud American border patrol fears for their safety so they tear gas babies IN MEXICO! The US Border Patrol shoots across the border to fend off scary moms and babies.
The law was broken when the border was shut for fake reasons. The law requires the border to remain open. The danger came after the border was closed!
No, my ignorant friend who thinks it is OK to gas immigrants seeking asylum in the uS. THEY ARE ABIDING BY THE LAW. You, my friend, are ignorant of the LAW! The immigrants are NOT breaking the law even when they try to crawl over the wall if they are illegally refused entry for asylum!
Therefore, it is illegal to gas law-abiding immigrants at our southern border WHO ARE PHYSICALLY IN MEXICO, you damn fool! THAT is why it has NEVER been done before, FOOL!
It would be wise to go to the source and aid the countries where these immigrants originate, right? That is what Obama did. Trump cancelled that help!
TRUMP IS NOT A LAW AND ORDER PRESIDENT!
US closes major crossing as caravan migrants mass at border in Mexico
By Sarah Kinosian and Joshua Partlow November 26 at 8:35 AM
"TIJUANA, Mexico — U.S. authorities closed off the busiest port of entry along the U.S. border with Mexico on Sunday and fired tear gas at members of a Central American migrant caravan who had rushed the fencing that separates the countries."
The people on the other side of that fence are humans. Find a humane solution!
"Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said in a statement Sunday that the port of entry was closed “to ensure public safety in response to large numbers of migrants seeking to enter the U.S. illegally.”"
That is not a solution, THAT is pouring gas on a fire! IDIOTS!
"Some of the migrants tried to breach the border fencing and “sought to harm CBP personnel by throwing projectiles at them,” the statement said.
Rodney Scott, chief patrol agent for the San Diego Sector Border Patrol, said Monday morning on CNN that 42 people, mostly adult males, were arrested on the U.S. side of the border.
Although the majority of the group approached and gathered at the fence peacefully, Mexico’s Interior Ministry said that hundreds tried to cross the border in a “violent manner.” Mexican authorities said they would deport anyone who tried to cross illegally."
Those "projectiles" have to be thrown a 100 yards to hit anyone! All the border patrol has to do is step back a few feet! These immigrants are exercising a right, a LAWFUL RIGHT CONGRESS GAVE THEM!
"The prospect that thousands of Central Americans might have to stay for weeks or months before they can apply for asylum in Mexican border states where drug cartel violence is prevalent has raised concerns about undermining their lawful right to apply for asylum."
Cowards shoot immigrant kids.
"As federal law enforcement officers, Border Patrol agents have broad latitude to use force if they think they are under attack or at risk of injury. An agent in Arizona who fired his service weapon through the border fence in response to rock throwers, killing a 16-year-old boy, was acquitted Wednesday on charges of involuntary manslaughter."
Cowards shoot immigrant kids.
