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A couple of days after a failed violent assault by a hoard of Central American migrants tried to invade the U.S. on Sunday, over 100 of them grew frustrated and boarded planes for their home countries on Tuesday. And after being appalled by President Trump’s defense of Border Patrol’s use of mere tear gas to repel the attack, ABC and NBC couldn’t be bothered that evening to mention the migrants packing up and leaving nor the Tijuana locals happy to see them go.
CBS Evening News was the only broadcast network to mention the defeated migrants during their Tuesday evening broadcast. “Today more than 100 Central Americans lined up to fly back to their home countries. They believed their chances of winning asylum were slim,” reported anchor Jeff Glor as part of a news brief on the topic lasting 23 seconds.
He also noted that the Trump administration doubled down on their defense of using tear gas against the attackers. Glor added that the “Department of Homeland Security also firmly denied reports that rubber bullets were used.”
Meanwhile, on Fox News Channel’s Special Report, they ran a full-length report where they noted the “greater realization tonight among thousands of Central American migrants that they may never be successful in their attempt to legally enter the U.S. via asylum,” according to anchor Bret Baier.
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