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by BBC | 1.2.19

US agents have fired tear gas over the border into Mexico at migrants trying to enter the country illegally.

Around 150 Central Americans tried to make the crossing near the town of Tijuana to the south of California on New Year's Day.

One US official described the migrants as a \"violent mob\".

It comes as the US federal government remains shut down as President Donald Trump and Congress argue over funding for his proposed border wall.

Read the full story at the BBC.

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