THE LEAD STORY - GRABBERS, CHILDREN AND HUMAN SHIELDS AT THE BORDER: At a Monday night roundtable in Mississippi on his bipartisan criminal justice reform effort, President Trump charged that some migrants he identified as "grabbers" who rushed the San Ysidro, Calif., point of entry on Sunday essentially used children as human shields at the border ... The president turned to the widely circulated images from Sunday's clashes, which showed some migrants running away with children as tear gas canisters landed nearby. Videos and images from the port of entry also showed migrants throwing what appeared to be rocks over the fence and attempting to breach the wall.” In some cases, you know, they're not the parents," Trump said. "These are people, they call 'em 'grabbers' -- they grab the child, because they think they're gonna have a certain status by having a child. You know, you have certain advantages and things with our crazy laws that frankly Congress should be changing. You know, if you change the laws, you wouldn't have this problem." In a statement late Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen backed up Trump's comments, adding that recent caravans were larger and more organized than previous ones. Authorities, she said, had identified at least 600 convicted criminals traveling with the migrants. - Reported by Gregg Re (@gregg_re on Twitter)
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