At least 10 migrants were injured after falling from a border
wall in California on Saturday.
The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department declared a "mass casualty"
incident after Border Patrol agents sought help for those
injured near Border Field State Park, local media reported.
The victims were transported to area hospitals in six
ambulances. Some had suffered broken bones.
In some cases, children who were not injured accompanied their
parents in the ambulances.
Pedro Rios, director of the American Friends Service Committee's
U.S./Mexico Border Program, said migrants are regularly injured
after scaling the wall to enter the U.S. San Diego is one of the
busiest corridors for illegal crossings.
"We see cases on a daily basis of people that are injured from
having fallen or burned their hands using the ropes to come down
the border wall," he told CBS 8.
Rios said he was at the wall before the incident happened and
saw more than 100 people in the area.
"I asked how they crossed, and they said by scaling the border
wall," he said. Rios believes that rainy weather made the wall
slippery, leading to more people falling.
The American Friends Service Committee has been contacted for
further comment via its website.
It comes after an anti-climbing feature was added to new
sections of the barrier being built at Friendship Park between
San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico. The metal rooftop-type segments
are a prototype and will be added to the other parts of the wall
if they successfully prevent migrants from scaling the wall,
reports state.
Rios said last month that the feature could be deadly.
"We continue to see an increase in people that are falling from
the border wall and seeking medical treatment," he said. "In
this case, if they fall onto the Mexican side then we won't have
an accounting for how dangerous this new feature might be."
Immigration has emerged as a top issue in the 2024 presidential
race, widely expected to be a rematch between President Joe
Biden and former President Donald Trump.
A majority (84 percent) of Americans see illegal immigration as
a "serious" or "very serious" issue for the country, according
to a recent Monmouth University poll.
The survey also found that more than half of Americans (53
percent) support the construction of a wall along the U.S.-
Mexico border, while 46 percent are opposed to it.
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At least 10 migrants were injured after falling from a border
wall in California on Saturday.
On 3/5/24 7:05 AM, Biden Failures wrote:
At least 10 migrants were injured after falling from a border
wall in California on Saturday.
Now they'll SUE whomever put that damned WALL in
their way ..... just wait ........
On 3/5/24 7:05 AM, Biden Failures wrote:
At least 10 migrants were injured after falling from a border
wall in California on Saturday.
Now they'll SUE whomever put that damned WALL in
their way ..... just wait ........
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