Dr. Alexander Tenorio manages a network of doctors in the San Diego area who are on call to care for individuals who climb the 18-foot border wall and then fall on the US side, where they are treated in local hospitals. The World’s Marco Werman reports that more injuries are predicted as the border wall is now being raised in many parts to 30 feet.
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