Posted on 02/15/2024 6:46:19 AM PST by lowbridge
New sections of a border wall being built in California have an anti-climbing feature, according to reports.
The top of the barrier erected at Friendship Park between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, has a "metal wing or wedge, or a comma on its side with the pointy end hanging over the Mexican side of the border like an awning," according to Fox 5.
Pedro Rios, of the American Friends Service Committee, called the additions "techitos," or little rooftops.
"It's an anti-climbing feature that's meant to stop people from scaling the border wall," Rios told the station. "It's the first of its kind along the U.S.-Mexico border."
Friends of Friendship Park shared a photo on Instagram last week that shows the new barrier with the anti-climb feature.
"Division sows pain, frustration, and sadness. Behold the binational garden, where new walls obstruct views across," the group, which works to enhance access to the park, wrote in the post.
Newsweek has contacted the Department of Homeland Security for comment via email. Friends of Friendship Park has been contacted via social media and the American Friends Service Committee has been contacted via its website.
The metal segments added to the top of the new barrier are a prototype, a source told Fox 5. The feature will be added to other parts of the border wall if it successfully keeps migrants from climbing it.
Rios said there are concerns 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."
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Isn’t that the point? Deterrence?
They’ll go through the Door provided by the Biden Admin
Lol
So the open border people won’t know how many illegals are trying to sneak in since the illegaks will fall back into Mexico.
Sounds like the wall worked,
I thought walls were racist and didn’t work
When did that change?
L
“We continue to see an increase in people that are falling from the border wall and seeking medical treatment.”
So stop climbing it.
Problem solved.
L
Let’s compare how washington responds to a blue state slowing the flow of illegals as to how it responded to the Texas effort.
Industrial grade, temperature resistant, weatherproof grease - slather it on and reapply liberally as needed.
Just a neighborly suggestion.
That changed when Newsom the Vile realized he needs to appeal to patriotic Americans ... a purely political calculation by a truly nasty politician.
Start shooting the invaders and the invasion will STOP.
Most won’t try anymore, the rest... well they won’t be a problem anyway. Lots of desert to bury them in.
Kidding?, not kidding. Its an INVASION!
I can’t get a good copy of the picture but what about the spaces IN BETWEEN the flanges that protrude out? They can’t be penetrated? Pictures have shown they use ladders in some areas and seems like ladders would get them up and over this...
Just the adult men, that should do be enough.
This forces them to use Trebuchets
The only problem I can foresee with the Trebuchet is that the newly arrived might have to search a 50-foot radius for the subsequent launching of their backpack.
As they get more experienced, like with mortars and the like, they’ll improve on the trajectory accuracy to spare the poor littles the inconvenience.
All the better.
Here’s an anti-climb feature: some snipers.
California Building Border Wall With New Anti-Climb Feature.
Small boats arrive in California by the thousands.
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