Posted on 07/02/2022 2:54:34 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Former President Donald Trump’s commissioner of Customs and Border Protection told the local newspaper in El Paso, Texas that the new 30-foot high border wall’s steel beams were “impressive,” when he toured a stretch of it in August 2020.
WATCH:
“It really does, I think, physically represent exactly what we’ve been trying to do since Day One. That is to give Border Patrol increased operational capacity to do what they need to do to protect the country,” Commissioner Mark Morgan said.
Nearly two years after, illegal border crossings are at an all-time high, while since October 2021, Border Patrol agents and local paramedics have responded to 229 injuries, including some fatalities, as migrants scale the Mexican side of the steel barrier and then fall 30 feet onto U.S. soil.
A teenage girl who, agents say, fell from the top of the wall and was found alone at the bottom, is the aftermath of one of the most recent injuries. She struggled to catch her breath and writhed in pain as paramedics secured her to a stretcher and loaded her into an ambulance.
Agent Valeria Morales said: “This little girl was exploited by a smuggler. She was forced to scale the border barrier and she fell.”
This is actually a common scene, according to Morales: Smugglers build ladders that can scale the fence and force migrants to the top, often telling them they can scale the fence on the way down. However, many lack the upper body strength to do it or are not able to hold on to the hot steel posts.
Morales said that broken legs, broken ankles and even brain and spinal injuries are common.
The Trump administration built 133 miles of bollard-style fencing in Texas and New Mexico, in the Border Patrol’s El Paso sector, which includes the entire border between Mexico and New Mexico. A portion of the earlier barrier, made of two layers of mesh netting, which was easier to cut through, was replaced by the new fence. Some stretches of mesh netting remain, and Morales and her fellow agents often wonder why smugglers force migrants to scale the wall rather than cut through the mesh. It speaks to the inhumane way smugglers view migrants, they say.
The Border Patrol must also dedicate time and personnel to respond to emergencies at the border wall, in addition to the human toll.
I grew up with a very large mine field protecting us from potential invaders. Worked well.
The wokerati will argue that the injuries prove the wall should be torn down.
That’s like the gun control argument. Guns jump up and kill people. Walls grab poor immigrants, put them on top, and then push them off.
Bad wall!
I thought “migrants” entered the US through a legal point of entry.
Concertina wire won’t finish ‘em off.
That’s for politicians and bureaucrats.
The border wall is supposed to be a deterrent, much like a sign that says, “You are not supposed to enter here! Keep out!” It’s on them if they ignore the obvious sign that informs them of that fact.
I do not have a violin that is small enough to express my lack of sympathy.
LOL
funny and sensible at the same time
How about “trespassers”. Trespass into the Capitol, leaving in less than an hour, touching nothing can get you 1.5 years in jail. Trespass across our border and get all kinds of free stuff. Not exactly equal treatment.
And, into the FPL of enfilade grazing fire of a M2 .50.
It’s Trump’s fault?
Uh … maybe don’t climb the wall? Just a thought.
Migrants falling off a 30 foot border wall will receive their Darwin Award. They have the mentality you don’t want in the U.S. behind the wheel of a car.
Demon-rats will use this to pull down the wall.
Best if they’re all dead on the Mexican side of the border so they don’t cost us any money.
Neither do I. Wait, let me see....
Nope. Don’t give a rip.
It speaks to the inhuman way their own governments think of them.
And you know damn well Mexico is reimbursing NONE of the costs of all this.
This is written to guilt-trip Americans into tearing it down.
And future libtards probly will.
It works! Just needs to be a bit higher as to ensure instant death.
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