Migrants Are Falling Off Trump's 30-Foot Border Wall and Hospitalized With Injuries
In the El Paso sector, the Border Patrol and paramedics have responded to 229 injuries of wall crossers, including broken legs and brain and spinal injuries
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FILE - US Border Patrol vehicle sits next to a border wall in the El Paso Sector along the US-Mexico border between New Mexico and Chihuahua state on Dec. 9, 2021 in Sunland Park, New Mexico.
In the Border Patrol’s El Paso sector, which includes the entire border between Mexico and New Mexico, the Trump administration built 133 miles of bollard-style fencing to replace a portion of the earlier barrier, made of two layers of mesh netting.
Human smugglers have built ladders that can scale the fence and force migrants to the top, often telling them they can climb down on the other side. But many lack the upper body strength to do it or are not able to hold on to the hot steel posts.
Border Patrol agents and local paramedics tell NBC News they have responded to 229 injuries since October 2021, including some fatalities, as migrants scale the Mexican side of the steel barrier and then fall 30 feet onto U.S. soil. Broken ankles, broken legs and even brain and spinal injuries are common, Agent Valeria Morales said.
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/national-international/migrants-are-falling-off-trumps-30-foot-border-wall-and-hospitalized-with-injuries/2783953/
