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Protests in Tijuana block legal entry into the United States. Hmmm... Perhaps if we could convince the people of Mexico to protest at the borders throughout, they could block illegal entry into the United States and the international crime cartels would no longer be in operational control of the U.S.-Mexico border.

From the Associated Press via the KABC-TV, Los Angeles, website:

Tijuana Protest Closes Border Crossing

Tijuana police are monitoring but are not stopping activists from yelling at drivers not to go into the United States

U.S. authorities responded by closing the metal barriers in front of vehicle inspection lanes for "security purposes" about 1 p.m. at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, which links Tijuana with San Diego.
However, Angelica De Cima, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Customs Service, which runs the port, stressed that the port remained open to the few vehicles that were able to make it through the crowd.

"We are there to do our law enforcement mission but traffic is being interrupted by the crowd," De Cima said.

About 50 thousand vehicles pass through the San Ysidro port on a typical day, but protesters began waving flags and shouting slogans at passing cars in Tijuana Monday morning, forcing many drivers to turn back. Tijuana police reportedly arrested at least three people for hitting cars as drivers tried to cross the border.

Pedestrian traffic was being allowed through the port as normal, officials said.

Mexican police, wearing gray and black fatigues, formed a line across the freeway about 2 p.m. and attempted to clear a lane for vehicle traffic. About ten cars managed to squeak through before protesters rushed the lane, forcing several cars to turn around and drive off. Mexican police arrested one person at the scene.

Another group of marchers sat down on the roadway and formed a human blockade.

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