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The camp set up for the Central American caravan in Tijuana was on “lockdown” on Sunday as Mexican residents of the city attempted to storm the area in protest. The unwelcome arrival of the caravan had put tremendous pressure on Tijuana’s resources resulting in many locals taking to the streets in opposition. It was a serious and dangerous development that went completely unreported during ABC’s World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News Monday evening.
CBS Evening News kept up its record of being the only broadcast network evening program treating the caravan seriously. In a news brief, anchor Jeff Glor updated their viewers on the caravan:
The U.S. today partially closed the busiest border crossing with Mexico for several hours to install new security barriers. Cars backed up in Tijuana. There were protests there over the weekend by locals who are opposed to the migrant caravans from Central America. 3,000 have already poured into Tijuana hoping for asylum in the U.S.
Meanwhile, on Fox News Channel’s Special Report, anchor Bret Baier had more news on the caravan to share. According to Baier, DHS officials told Fox News “they have identified more than 500 criminals traveling with that caravan” and “the caravan is made up mostly of single-adult or teen males who’ve place women and children in front of the line in an effort to gain sympathetic media coverage.”
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