Obama admin used pepper spray on migrants at border in 2013

Published November 26, 2018 6:07pm ET



As the Trump administration’s use of tear gas on migrants trying to illegally cross the border over the weekend draws backlash, a 2013 story about the Obama administration using a similar method on disorderly migrants resurfaced.

On Sunday, Border Patrol agents used tear gas against members of a migrant group after they threw rocks and debris at the agents while trying to break through a barrier at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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