SAN DIEGO — The U.S. government ran an operation to screen journalists, activists and others while investigating last year’s migrant caravan from Mexico, a San Diego TV station reported Wednesday, citing leaked documents. One freelance photojournalist was denied entry to Mexico for reasons that were never stated, the station reported. Those listed as warranting secondary screening included 10 journalists — seven of them U.S. citizens — a U.S. attorney and 47 people from various countries labeled as organizers, instigators or “unknown,” the station said. Such “criminal events…involving assaults on law enforcement and a risk to public safety, are routinely monitored and investigated by authorities,” the statement said. It included details such as the kind of car she drives and her mother’s name, KNSD-TV reported.

Source: National Post March 07, 2019 03:44 UTC