A picture is worth a thousand words, as the old saying goes. Migrant caravan workers attempting to seek asylum in the United States were met with tear gas by border patrol agents. New photos of the chaos show the migrants fleeing from large bouts of smoke. Some images even reveal young children fleeing while covering their eyes at the Chaparral crossing in Tijuana, Mexico.
President Donald Trump has gone on to defend the U.S. use of tear gas on the migrants, saying that it was “a very minor form of the tear gas itself” and assured media outlets that it was “very safe,” reported AP. The mayor of Tijuana has declared the disturbing events to be a “humanitarian crisis” and has asked the United Nations for help dealing with the near 5,000 Central American migrants roaming the border city.
AP reported that by the end of the weekend many of the “migrants appeared sullen, wondering whether the unrest had spoiled whatever possibilities they might have had for making asylum cases,” in the U.S. Not to mention, the group was met by harsh protests from many people in Mexico upon arrival the week before. Check back here for photo updates as the situation unfolds throughout the rest of the week.
See new photos of the migrant caravan workers at the Mexico-U.S. border below:
Tuesday Nov. 27, 2018
Migrants from Central America wait in line for food outside of a shelter in Tijuana, Mexico. President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s government signaled Tuesday that it would be willing to house the migrants on Mexican soil while they apply for asylum in the United States, a key demand of U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Migrants travel in a truck from Mexicali to Tijuana, part of the migrant caravan in Mexico. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Tension continued Tuesday as residents in the Mexican border city of Tijuana closed down a school next to a sports complex where more than 5,000 Central American migrants have been camped out for two weeks. Many migrants have since been forced to relocate. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Garbage bags and a sleeping blanket are seen hanging over the truck as migrants relocate from Mexicali to Tijuana. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Monday Nov. 26, 2018
A migrant holding a U.S. flag, right, speaks with others waking up at the Benito Juarez Sports Center that’s serving as a temporary shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, early Monday morning. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
President Donald Trump calls on a reporter as he speaks to members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Mississippi for rallies. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Migrants from Central America line up to begin the process of returning to their countries with the help of the International Organization of Migration outside a shelter set up for members of the migrant caravan. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Mexico’s National Migration Institute said that 98 migrants were being deported after they tried to breach the U.S. border, and U.S. agents fired tear gas into Mexico to stop them. (AP News)
Sunday Nov. 25, 2018
Migrants run from tear gas launched by U.S. agents, amid photojournalists covering the Mexico-U.S. border, after a group of migrants got past Mexican police at the Chaparral crossing in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A group of migrants gather at the Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico as they try to pressure their way into the U.S. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A Central American migrant is stopped by U.S. agents who order him to go back to the Mexican side of the border, after a group of migrants got past Mexican police at the Chaparral crossing in Tijuana, Mexico at the border with San Ysidro, California. (AP Photo/Pedro Acosta)
Migrants cross the river at the Mexico-U.S. border after pushing past a line of Mexican police at the Chaparral crossing in Tijuana, Mexico as they try to reach the U.S. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A migrant waves an Honduran flag along the railroad tracks at the Mexico-U.S. border in Tijuana, Mexico as a group of migrants tries to reach the U.S. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Migrants stand at the Mexico-U.S. border wall where Mexican federal police stand guard at the Chaparral crossing in Tijuana, Mexico as they try to reach the U.S. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Migrants peer through the border wall after pushing past Mexican police at the Chaparral crossing in Tijuana as they try to reach the U.S. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A migrant carrying a roll of carpet wipes his face after U.S. border agents fired tear gas at a group of migrants who had pushed past Mexican police at the Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A Honduran migrant lies on the riverbank as Mexican police move away from tear gas fired by U.S. agents at the Mexico-U.S. border in Tijuana, Mexico as a group of migrants try to pressure their way into the U.S. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A Honduran migrant converses with U.S border agents on the other side of razor wire after they fired tear gas at migrants pressuring to cross into the U.S. from Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Migrants push past Mexican police at the Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico as they try to reach the United States. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers walks along a wall at the border between Mexico and the United States, as seen from San Diego. Migrants approaching the U.S. border from Mexico were enveloped with tear gas Sunday after a few tried to breach a fence separating the two countries. (AP Photo/Greg Bull)
Mexican police run as they try to keep migrants from getting past the Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Migrants walk up a riverbank at the Mexico-U.S. border after getting past a line of Mexican police at the Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Saturday Nov. 24, 2018
The shadow of a migrant is cast on a homemade protest banner that reads: “Trump we hate you not” at the Benito Juarez Sports Center serving as a temporary shelter for Central American migrants, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Migrants pray during a vigil outside the Benito Juarez Sports Center serving as a temporary shelter for Central American migrants in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Seven-year-old Honduran migrant Genesis Belen Mejia Flores waves an American flag at U.S. border control helicopters flying overhead near the Benito Juarez Sports Center serving as a temporary shelter for Central American migrants, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Friday Nov. 23, 2018
Jonathan Torres, 11, stands next to his father after waking up early in the morning as Mexican riot police make their way to the Chaparral border crossing, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Migrants sleep under a bridge at the Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A migrant sits wrapped in a blanket at the Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Early morning light illuminates the face of a migrant woman and her child as she wakes after sleeping under a bridge at the Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Pedestrians cross the Chaparral border to the U.S. as migrants, foreground, begin to gather nearby, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Street vendors stand at the U.S.-Mexico border structure in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Migrants sleep on a street near the Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Lead image by AP Photo/Pedro Acosta. Sourced from the Associated Press.