U.S. Border Patrol agents launched pepper balls at a group of migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border along the Rio Grande in El Paso.
FILE - Venezuelan migrants walk across the Rio Bravo towards the United States border to surrender to the border patrol, from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Oct. 13, 2022. A surge in migration from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua in September brought the number of illegal crossings to the highest level ever recorded in a fiscal year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. – U.S. Border Patrol agents launched pepper balls at a group of migrants who crossed the U.S.
Those measures included launching “less-lethal force" pepper balls, he said. The projectiles release an irritant to the eyes, nose and throat. The Biden administration has agreed to accept up to 24,000 Venezuelan migrants at U.S. airports while Mexico has agreed to take back Venezuelans who come to the U.S. illegally over land.that the Mexican government had requested information from its U.S. counterparts about the confrontation.called the footage “highly alarming.”
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