Trump, CBP Defend Using Tear Gas on Asylum Seekers at Border

President Trump and the head of Customs and Border Protection on Monday defended the administration’s use of tear gas on migrants attempting to rush the southern border the previous day.The border patrol agents “had to use” tear gas on the asylum seekers in Tijuana who tried to jump the fences near near the San Ysidro checkpoint after authorities closed it, the president said.“They had to use [it] because they were being rushed by some very tough people,” Trump told