GULSTAN: AS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ATTEMPTS TO END TITLE 42 AND THAT EFFORT IS CHALLENGED IN COURT, OFFICIALS ALONG THE BORDER ARE PREPARING FOR A SURGE OF MIGRANTS ONCEHE POLICY IS LIFTED. TITLE 42 ALLOWS AUTHORITIES TO SWIFTLY TURN PEOPLE AWAY AT THE U.S. BORDER. ANDREA: FOR SOME, IT COULD BE A DANGEROUS JONEUR A NEW REPORT SHOWS THERE’S BEEN AN INCREASE IN INJURIES AND EVEN DEATHS ALONG THE BORDER WALL AFTER TWO YEARS WITH TITLE 42 IN PLACE, OFFICIALS ESTIMATE 170,000 MIGRANTS ARE WAITING IN NORTHERN MEXICO TO CROSS THE BOERRD WHATRE A WE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW? >> RIGHT HERE, WE’RE LOOKING AT THE FURTHEST WEST POINT OF THE UNITED STATES. ANDREA: IF THEY TRY TO CROSS ILLEGALLY, THEIR JOURNEY COULD HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. DURING OUR RECENT TRIP TO THE BORDER, AN AGENT TOLD US IT’S A MAJOR CONCER >> YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE HEIGHT BETWEEN THEEW N SECONDARY FENCE WHICH IS 30 FEET HIGH TO THE PRIMARY FENCE WHICH IS NOW 18 FEET. IT’S COMMON PEOPLE GET INJUDRE FALLING FROM THE FENCE. ANDREA: DURING THE TMPRU ADMINISTRATION, IN SOME PLACES, THE HEIGHT OF THE BORDER WLAL INCREASED TO 30 FEET. ILLEGAL ENTRY HAS CONTINUED, SOMETIMES AT A DEADLY CO.ST >> THIS YEAR, WE’VE HAD 270 RESCUES THROUGHOUT OUR AREA OF OPERAT.NS ANDREA: A RECENT STUDY FROM ETH AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION REVEALS THE TRAUMA CENTER AT UC SAN DIEGO SAW A SIGNIFICANT UPTICK IN PATIENTS WHO HAVE DIED OR HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT AFTER FALLING FROM THE 30-FOOT WALL THE REPORT INCLUDED BORDER WALL FALL ADMISSIONS FROM 2016 TO 2021, AND WAS ADJUSTED TO NORMALIZE CHANGING MIGRAONTI PATTERNS. >> FROM THE OCEAN UP INTO THE MOUNTAIN, IT VARIES FROM DEHYDRATION, NOT BEING MENTALLY PREPARED, PHYSICALLY PREPARED. IT’S NOT AN EASY HIKE TO GET ACROSS THESE BORDERS. ANDREA: BEFORE THE 30-FOOT WL,AL THERE WERE 67 FALL ADMISSIS.ON AFTER, THERE WERE 375. INCREASING HOSPITAL COSTS TO MORE THAN $13 MILLION IN 2021 ANCRD OWDING HOSPITALSIT W INJURED PATIENTS DURING E HEIGHT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC. >> TRY AND GET OVER ANYTHING OVER 30 FEET IS NOT THAT EASY. WE’VE SEEN LADDERS, ROPES, PVC PIPES CONVERTED INTO LADRSDE REBARS CONVERTED INTO LADDERS. PRETTY CREATIVE. THEY’LL USE A ROPE WITH KNOTS TO ASSIST THEM GOING UP AND DOWN. ANDREA: DESPITE THE DANGERRS FO PEOPLE CROSSING ILLEGALLY, BORDER OFFICIALS SAY THE NEWER WALLS AL ISO A SAFETY FEATURE FOR LAW ENFORCENEM >> THE SECONDARY FENCE WAS BLTUI FOR AGENTS TO RESPOND WHERE WE’RE NOT SO CLOSE TO THE AREA TEAFR SOMEONE MAKES AN ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO THE COUNTRY. IT’S ALSO PROVIDED SAFETY. IT HELPS US BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY PATROL SO MUCH IN SO MANY PLACES ATE. O ANDREA: AND THIS WASN’T THE ONLY CONCERN OUR TEAM UNCOVERED AT THE BORD.ER WE SPOKE WITH VOLUNTEERS, SHELTER ORGANIZERS, AND MIGRANTS WHO SAY THEY’RE WITNESSING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RACM.IS THEY SAY THE TREATME OFNT MIGRANTS FROM DIFFEREN