Complete chaos ensued as thousands of Central American migrants reached the Mexican border over the weekend. The mayor of Tijuana even revealed that they city is anticipating an influx of nomads lasting into Spring with no possible end in sight, marking this as only the beginning.
While many people in Mexico have shown compassion to the plight of migrants by offering food and assistance, many did not. “Some locals have shouted insults, hurled rocks and even thrown punches” at them, the Associated Press reports. Many protestors have voiced concern that their taxes will be spent to care for the new group of people as they wait possibly months to apply for U.S. asylum. AP reports that “protesters accused the migrants of being messy, ungrateful and a danger to Tijuana,” even suggesting that the caravan forced its way into Mexico.
Below, we rounded up photos of what one of the busiest U.S. border crossings currently looks like, as thousands of migrants and protestors clash with one another and police alike.
Check out photos of the migrant caravan chaos below:
Monday Nov. 19, 2018
U.S. and California state flags fly behind the border wall, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. Tensions have built as nearly 3,000 migrants from a caravan poured into Tijuana in recent days after more than a month on the road — and with many more months likely ahead of them while they seek asylum in the U.S. The federal government estimates the number of migrants could soon swell to 10,000. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Pedestrians stand near barbed wire at a legal Mexico-U.S. border crossing as they prepare to leave Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A newly erected barrier wall stands amid cars at the Mexico-U.S. border, as they wait in line to enter the U.S., as they leave Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
A woman carrying a baby begs for money as a vendor sells popsicles amid drivers waiting to cross the Mexico-U.S. border from Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Workers add barbed wire to the U.S. border fence in San Ysidro, California, seen from Tijuana, Mexico, Monday. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Drivers wait to cross the Mexico-U.S. border from Tijuana, Mexico, Monday. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Honduran Migrant Glenia Cruz feeds her daughter Aisley, at a shelter in Tijuana, Mexico. Many Central Americans who are camped in Tijuana after crossing Mexico in a caravan said Monday that a protest by local residents over the weekend demanding they leave frightened them and left them feeling more anxious while they try to get into the United States. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Sunday Nov. 18, 2018
An anti-migrant demonstrator is surrounded by the press as she argues with a woman during a protest against the presence of thousands of Central American migrants in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
The border fence that divides Mexico with the United States is seen in Tecate, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Drivers use a legal border crossing to leave Tijuana, Mexico and enter the U.S. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
A demonstrator with a sign that reads in Spanish: “No to the invasion” protests the presence of thousands of Central American migrants in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Demonstrators clash with police outside a migrant shelter as they protest the presence of thousands of Central American migrants in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A demonstrator holds a Mexican flag outside a migrant shelter to protest the presence of thousands of Central American migrants in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Demonstrators turn over a barrier wall protecting a migrant shelter as they protest the presence of thousands of Central American migrants in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Police stand guard to protect a migrant shelter as demonstrators protest the presence of thousands of Central American migrants in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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A young Central American migrant receives a free meal of chicken, rice and tortillas at a shelter for migrants in Tijuana. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Saturday Nov. 17, 2018
Central American migrants bathe at a temporary shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, early Saturday morning. Many of the nearly 3,000 migrants have reached the border with California. The mayor has called the migrants’ arrival an “avalanche” that the city is ill-prepared to handle. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Honduran migrant Mauro Hernandez rests inside a makeshift tent at a temporary shelter in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A resident walks near barriers, wrapped in concertina wire, separating Mexico and the United States, where the border meets the Pacific Ocean, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Friday Nov. 16, 2018
Members of the U.S. military install multiple tiers of concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
U.S. Border Patrol agents observe as workers place concertina wire on the border structure Separating Mexico and the United States, where the border meets the Pacific Ocean. As thousands of migrants of asylum-seekers converge on the doorstep of the United States, what they won’t find are armed American soldiers standing guard, that’s because U.S. military troops are prohibited from carrying out law enforcement duties. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Marines install concertina wire, above, as pedestrians leave the United States for Mexico at the San Ysidro port of entry in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Central American migrant Cristian Andino, 16, from Honduras, gets down from the border structure installed in the Pacific Ocean in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Graphic charts the number of troops deployed by state to the Southwest border. (AP News)
Lead image by AP Photo/Marco Ugarte