Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Confirms Migrants Using Human Shields

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has confirmed the throng of caravan migrants attempting to enter the U.S. through the southern border is using woman and children as human shields.

All eyes were on the U.S. border with Mexico on Sunday when a slew of migrants attempted to break down a part of the border wall to enter the United States unlawfully. Some of the migrants attacked border guards, throwing rocks and projectiles, which prompted a retaliatory salvo of tear gas – standard practice by the Border Patrol. (RELATED: Border Patrol Under Obama Used Tear Gas At Least Once a Month.)

You can see the video of the attempted invasion here:

Here’s moment right before shot bang. You can see some rocks being thrown. pic.twitter.com/p0M9p7Rx4G

— WendyFry (@WendyFry_) November 25, 2018

Attempting to forcibly invade a country isn’t exactly the behavior you’d expect from desperate refugees. But then, many of those in the caravan are not really asylum seekers, properly understood. Chief Patrol Agent for the San Diego sector Rodney Scott confirmed as much on CNN when he exploded many of the liberal myths around the caravan. (RELATED: Chief Patrol Agent Rodney Scott Tells CNN: Caravan Not Full of Asylum Seekers.)

One thing Scott mentions is that some of the migrants used women and children as human shields when storming the border. We just got confirmation from DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen that that was indeed the case.

In a lengthy Facebook post, Neilsen confirmed our worst fears about the caravan: that many of the migrants are willing to harm vulnerable people in order to break into the U.S. Here is what Neilsen specifically said about human shields:

Fourth, the caravan members are predominately male. It appears in some cases that the limited number of women and children in the caravan are being used by the organizers as “human shields” when they confront law enforcement. They are being put at risk by the caravan organizers as we saw at the Mexico-Guatemala border. This is putting vulnerable people in harms way.

Such behavior is unconscionable. Anyone who engages in it should automatically forfeit their right to asylum, or even leniency when it comes to strict border enforcement. Here is Neilson’s full post:

Thankfully, both the Trump administration and the Mexican government are prosecuting and deporting these would-be invaders. (RELATED: Migrants Arrested And Deported After Rushing the U.S. Border.) The migrant caravan poses a violent threat to our nation, and we shouldn’t settle for anything less than dispersing it as soon as possible.