Over 100 migrants break through razor wire, knock down guards attempting to illegally enter the U.S.

A group of over 100 migrants attempted to enter the U.S. illegally by rushing a border wall Thursday, breaking through razor wire and knocking over guards in the process, New York Post reports.

The Post had earlier witnessed around 600 migrants amassed at the international border, as part of a ‘spring surge’ of migrants arriving and hoping to gain access to the US. The Texas National Guard were attempting to organize them into smaller groups, but the situation grew tense after some women and children were separated from adult males by the guardsmen.

A source told The Post the rowdy group — who had amassed in the area known as Gate 36, located next to the highway in El Paso — were pushed back to Mexico.

However, some were arrested and the rest of the people in the group were brought into the US for processing, according to local reports.

“The Texas Military Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety quickly gained control of the situation and are working to repair the damage. These illegal immigrants committed crimes in Texas, and the Department of Public Safety is under instruction to arrest every illegal immigrant involved for committing criminal trespass and destruction of property,” according to a statement from Texas governor’s office.

On Tuesday the state had begun to prepare implementing SB4, a new law to allow state and local authorities to make arrests for illegally entering the country, but an appeals court blocked the measure hours after the Supreme Court said it would allow it to go into effect.