In the years following Trump's order to raise the height of parts of the wall, migrant injuries and deaths spiked.
Along with the human impact, the rise in falls has taken a financial toll. The letter notes that “the increased hospital costs of the surge in admissions exceeded $13 million in 2021 dollars.”
The care of these injured immigrants is not only a humanitarian problem but also a public health crisis that further worsened trauma center bed capacity, staff shortages, and professionals’ moral injury. Most of these patients had significant brain and facial injuries or complex fractures of the extremities or spine, with many requiring intensive care and staged operative reconstructions.
The letter says that the Title 42 policy enabling U.S. officials to swiftly expel many migrants like the family from Michoacán “may have increased the numbers and desperation of persons crossing the border away from ports of entry and increased the number of falls.”next month — though some lawmakers are pushing to extend it with a bill that critics say “ignores individuals and families in desperate need of safety and their right to seek protection from persecution.
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