Media focus on 'desperate' caravan kids as Mexico deports 'violent' migrants

Some in the national news media on Monday were playing up members of the Central American caravan as mostly young, nonviolent families who are “desperate” to claim asylum in the United States, even after Mexico said Sunday that many were so violent they had to be deported in order to avoid destabilizing the U.S.-Mexico relationship.

U.S. border officials on Sunday fired tear gas at the Tijuana border crossing after Mexican authorities were overwhelmed by migrants trying to push through into the United States. The Mexican Interior Ministry said in a statement it would be deporting those who acted “violently” and “illegally,” and the U.S. side reported that rocks and bottles were being thrown at U.S. border agents.