Border Patrol arrests demonstrators supporting migrants
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(11 Dec 2018) U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 32 people at a demonstration Monday that was organised by a Quaker group on the border with Mexico, authorities said. Demonstrators were calling for an end to detaining and deporting immigrants and showing support for migrants in a caravan of Central American asylum seekers. The American Friends Service Committee, which organised the demonstration, said 30 people were stopped by agents in riot gear and taken into custody while they tried to move forward to offer a ceremonial blessing near the wall. More than 300 people, many the leaders of churches, mosques, synagogues and indigenous communities, participated in the demonstration at San Diego's Border Field State Park. Pat Murphy, director of the Casa Del Migrante in Tijuana, a non profit that provides food and shelter for migrants, said that the idea behind the protest was to hold prayers at the beach as well as bring attention to the cause of the migrants. The rally held on a beach divided by the border wall was the second confrontation for Border Patrol agents since a caravan of more than 6,000 migrants, predominantly Hondurans, reached Tijuana last month. Thousands of migrants are living in crowded tent cities in Tijuana after undertaking a gruelling journey from Central America to the U.S. border. Many face waiting weeks or months in Mexico while they apply for asylum. The U.S. is processing up to about 100 claims a day at the San Diego crossing, which is creating a backlog. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/c0a7ac1a6ede0a9addf226ea00eb48cb
