Sad: US border agents fire tear gas as some migrants protesting slow asylum process try to breach fence

Photos posted on social media showed migrants running from a scene where they protested against the slow asylum process. Some of them women with small children. It was unclear if there were any injuries. CBP officers  fired tear gas after some of the protesting migrants threw projectiles at them,  U.S. officials said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers has shut down both south and northbound traffic at the San Ysidro border crossing south of San Diego for nearly six hours. The closure disrupted one of the busiest border crossings in the world at the tail end of a holiday weekend when border crossings are typically packed with travelers.