A lot of things went wrong Sunday at the U.S.-Mexico border near Tijuana. A small group of migrants who want asylum in the U.S. rushed the barriers in an apparent bid to cross illegally. A few tried to breach the border fence. And some reportedly even threw "projectiles" at American border officials.
These were all bad ideas. Awful, terrible ideas.
But the response of American officials was somehow even worse: They fired tear gas at the migrants, and in the process, they tear-gassed children.
The enduring image of the day is that of a woman dragging a couple of young girls — both clad in shirts, diapers, and little else — as a gas canister explodes behind them.
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