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SAN DIEGO — The border wall stands 30 feet tall, but it didn’t always. The wall grew under the Trump administration, and now it’s a cause for concern for neurosurgeons who are seeing an uptick in migrants heading to the hospital with traumatic injuries.From Oct. 2023 to Jan. 2024, Border Patrol encountered more than 750,000 people across the southwest.Migrants are crossing by any means possible: waiting at the port of entry, hiking through the desert and even climbing over the border wall.
"It’s particularly striking when you’re taking care of a severely injured patient that’s shackled to the gurney that they’re coming into the operating room on. It’s a visual that affects you," said Dr. Ciacci.He said in 2023, UCSD Health saw 500 head injuries from these kinds of incidents, with many patients needing surgery."So, we're talking about 30 feet. That's a significant height to fall from.
"Clearly, there is a huge governmental expense that’s born by the local, state, county and federal government passed onto revenue from taxes and other things so all of us are paying for it," said Dr. Ciacci.
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