Doctor sees significant increase in trauma from border wall falls
Newsy
The border wall stands at 30 feet tall in some parts, and its height has become a cause for concern as falls from it can create serious injuries.
The border wall stands 30 feet tall, but it didn't always. The wall grew under the Trump administration, and now it's a cause for concern for neurosurgeons who are seeing an uptick in migrants heading to the hospital with traumatic injuries.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of migrants cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
From Oct. 2023 to Jan. 2024, Border Patrol encountered more than 750,000 people across the southwest.
Agents saw more than 120,000 people in the San Diego sector alone during that time frame.
Migrants are crossing by any means possible: waiting at the port of entry, hiking through the desert and even climbing over the border wall.
