There are growing concerns about the safety of the new border fence in Friendship Park after an anti-climbing device has been added to the top.
It’s purpose may be to deter attempts to scale the 30-foot structure, but migrant advocates say it is inhumane.
Friends of Friendship Park, a community coalition, was already locking horns with the federal government for increasing the border barrier to 30 feet. This anti-climb topper, though, has simply pushed some over the top.
“It is just simply inhumane, and we shouldn’t tolerate that,” Friends of Friendship Park member Pedro Rios said.