Counselor to President Donald Trump Kellyanne Conway on Tuesday said projectiles and rocks "were thrown at our brave men and women at the border." | AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta Immigration Trump warnings on migrant caravans have 'come true,' Conway says

Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway claimed Tuesday that President Donald Trump's warnings of violent migrants making their way toward the U.S. were vindicated over the weekend by clashes at the Mexican border, even though no U.S. law enforcement officers were seriously injured amid efforts to block crowds of migrants attempting to cross the border into California.

"Everything that was predicted by the president and Secretary Nielsen and homeland security and others has come true," Conway told Fox News' "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday. "There are violent elements in this caravan. The mainstream media only wants you to see the children, the families. They're not telling you that most of the caravan are males traveling by themselves."


The president's warnings about migrants making their way toward the U.S. through Mexico were panned by some as fear-mongering ahead of the midterm elections held Nov. 6. But Conway said those who accused the president of raising the issue only to score political points have "been disproven."

Conway's comments came after Trump claimed on Monday that three border patrol agents were “were very badly hurt, getting hit with rocks and stones” over the weekend, even though Customs and Border Protection said no agents or officers were seriously injured and that officers “effectively managed an extremely dangerous situation involving over 1,000 individuals."

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Border agents used tear gas on the asylum-seekers as they marched in Tijuana, Mexico, near the San Ysidro port of entry, one of the busiest in the U.S. Thousands of asylum-seekers, mostly from Central American nations ravaged by gang violence, are staying at a stadium in Tijuana.

“They did so safely and without any reported serious injuries on either side of the border," CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said of the border patrol agents and officers in a statement.

Conway said that while projectiles and rocks "were thrown at our brave men and women at the border," border patrol officers "used nonlethal force in response because they have a right to defend themselves, to make sure others who are there are not harmed."