News coverage of border injuries:

  • 1 Dead in Fall From US-Mexico Border Fence, Several Others Injured in Otay Mesa, by Christina Bravo, NBC 7 San Diego, May 6, 2022. (link)

  • The border wall Trump called unclimbable is taking a grim toll, by Nick Miroff, The Washington Post, April 29, 2022. (link)

  • The US built a taller border wall. Migrants are falling, and their injuries are life-altering, by Lauren Villagran, El Paso Times, April 28, 2022. (link)

  • Special Report: Spike in undocumented immigrants falling from border wall takes toll on border communities, by Brenda Medina, KTSM, March 4, 2022. (link)

  • 3 men injured in apparent falls from border wall in Otay Mesa; 4th person rescued from atop barrier, by Alex Riggins, The San Diego Union-Tribune, December 1, 2021. (link)

  • USBP & Partners Rescue Migrants. CBP press release, September 9, 2021. (link)

  • Migrant breaks leg after fall, spends three days by border wall, by Julian Resendiz, Border Report, August 17, 2021. (link)

  • Migrant deaths, rescues surge in El Paso Sector, stretching thin border town’s resources, by Stephanie Shields, Border Report, June 18, 2021. (link)

  • Rescatan en Baja California a joven migrante que resbaló de la valla fronteriza, Telemundo 20, June 7, 2021. (link)

  • Treating injured migrants who fall over border wall becomes new normal in small New Mexico town, by Julian Resendiz, Border Report, May 20, 2021. (link)

  • Tougher border security measures have led to more death and injury for migrants, by Wendy Fry, The San Diego Union-Tribune, March 26, 2021. (link)

  • Trump's Border Walls Have Been Causing Injuries As People Climb Over Them, by Angela Kocherga, NPR, March 18, 2021. (link)

  • Injured migrants say Border Patrol sent them back to Mexico after they fell off Trump’s wall, by Alfredo Corchado, Dallas Morning News, Feb 13, 2021. (link)