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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDisgusting. 1000% increaase in falls on the higher border walls.
Falls From Higher Border Walls Overwhelm Trauma Services
San Diego surgeons blame higher walls for 1,000% rise in admissions, more severe injuries, deaths
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Disgusting. 1000% increaase in falls on the higher border walls. (Original Post)
Peregrine Took
Aug 2022
OP
Why not cross at the official ports of entry, instead of trying to climb a 30 foot wall?
MichMan
Aug 2022
#1
At the risk of calling forth Rotten Ronnie's ghost, "Tear down this wall!"
Hermit-The-Prog
Aug 2022
#4
MichMan
(11,931 posts)1. Why not cross at the official ports of entry, instead of trying to climb a 30 foot wall?
jimfields33
(15,807 posts)2. I never understood that.
We have many port of entry that are safe and welcoming. Why go the dangerous route?
Claustrum
(4,845 posts)3. Because not everyone who passed the border will pass the asylum laws.
If they believe they don't have a good reason to get asylum, they are better off risking it and enter without any law enforcement knowing.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,346 posts)4. At the risk of calling forth Rotten Ronnie's ghost, "Tear down this wall!"