POLITICS JANUARY 3, 2019 / 7:32 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

U.S. activists helped migrants in Mexico during border clash

Julia Love, Mohammed Salem
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MEXICO CITY/TIJUANA (Reuters) - A group of U.S. activists opposed to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies helped migrants in Mexico during a clash with U.S. agents at the border on New Year’s Eve, and dispute their government’s account of the events.

Late on Monday, about 150 migrants gathered at the border in Tijuana to try to enter the United States, according to the U.S. activists and a Reuters witness.

After learning of a possible conflict, 11 U.S. volunteers who were in Tijuana headed to the border to provide medical assistance and document the events, said Lilith Sinclair, a spokeswoman for the group.

The activists, part of a group known as the Border Support Network, have said they were banding together to counter what they view as the U.S. government’s violation of asylum seekers’ rights.

They have also challenged the U.S. government’s position that agents deployed tear gas after coming under attack.

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