The same tear-gas agent that the Trump administration is taking heat for deploying against a border mob this weekend is actually used fairly frequently - including more than once a month during the later years of President Barack Obama's administration, according to Homeland Security data.
SEE ALSO: Trump decries migrant caravan 'grabbers,' says tear gas used was 'very minor form'.
The data poses a challenge to the current anger over the Border Patrol's use of tear gas Sunday to prevent a mob from busting through sections of old border fence in California.
"It's horrifying to see tear gas used on mothers and young children as they seek refuge in the United States. That's not what America should be," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat.
Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, took umbrage at the outrage, questioning where the critics were when tear gas was deployed under Mr. Obama.
"The facts are, the policy written under President Obama allows us to use tear gas to disperse a crowd that was very dangerous," he told the network.
"The tear gas was not deployed at the children," Mr. Judd countered, saying migrants were attempting to use them as human shields.
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/26/obama-administration-used-tear-gas-border-once-mon/
SEE ALSO: Trump decries migrant caravan 'grabbers,' says tear gas used was 'very minor form'.
The data poses a challenge to the current anger over the Border Patrol's use of tear gas Sunday to prevent a mob from busting through sections of old border fence in California.
"It's horrifying to see tear gas used on mothers and young children as they seek refuge in the United States. That's not what America should be," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat.
Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, took umbrage at the outrage, questioning where the critics were when tear gas was deployed under Mr. Obama.
"The facts are, the policy written under President Obama allows us to use tear gas to disperse a crowd that was very dangerous," he told the network.
"The tear gas was not deployed at the children," Mr. Judd countered, saying migrants were attempting to use them as human shields.
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/26/obama-administration-used-tear-gas-border-once-mon/
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