Everything the White House and Trump administration officials predicted about the caravan of migrants heading to the U.S. border from Central America has come true, despite arguments that the warnings were little more than an election ploy, presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday.
"In fact there was a caravan," Conway told Fox News' "Fox and Friends." "There are violent people in there. Secretary (Kirstjen) Nielsen last night released on social media an eight-point statement. I would commend everybody to pull it. It is chock full of information. "
In the statement, posted to Facebook, Nielsen commended several agencies, the Department of Defense and Trump for bolstering security forces, and Conway said that's because there are "violent elements in the caravan."
"Mainstream media only wants you to see the children, the families," said Conway. "They're not telling you that most of the caravan are males traveling by themselves. Of course projectiles and rocks were thrown at our brave men and women at the border.
"They used non-lethal force in response because they have a right to defend themselves, to make sure others who are there are not harmed."
Nielsen also pointed out that about 90 percent of the caravan migrants are not eligible for asylum, said Conway, and that Congress must now do his job and act.
"The president negotiated in good faith," said Conway. "He has been very clear for three-and-a-half years now, border security and national sovereignty is imperative. If people care about these folks, they won't just go for the optics."
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