Ten people got hurt as they climbed over the fence. The Mexican consulate confirmed the injured were from Central America
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Customs and Border Protection reported 34 deaths of people falling from border fences up to 30 feet tall since 2019 when the Trump Administration began making the fences taller. That’s compared to the two deaths in the five years before 2019. CBP’s message to migrants looking to cross illegally is: “Don’t do it. When migrants cross the border illegally, they put their lives in peril. The terrain along the border is extreme, the weather is severe, and the miles of desert migrants must hike after crossing the border in many areas are unforgiving.”
CBP also warns about smugglers it said are lying to migrants and telling them the border is open when it isn’t. The smugglers are in it for the money and abandon migrants in remote, dangerous areas, according to CBP.
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