16-Year-Old Dies in U.S. Border Patrol Custody, the Fifth Migrant Child Death Since December
Source: Time
By NOMAAN MERCHANT / AP 1:01 PM EDT
(HOUSTON) The U.S. government says a 16-year-old Guatemalan died Monday at a Border Patrol station in South Texas, the fifth death of a migrant child since December.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement that Border Patrol apprehended the teenager in South Texas Rio Grande Valley on May 13. The agency says the teenager was found unresponsive Monday morning during a welfare check at the agencys Weslaco, Texas, station. The cause of death is unknown.
The agency did not say why the teenager had been detained for a week, but said he was due for placement in a facility for youth operated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Federal law requires the Department of Homeland Security to send minors unaccompanied by a parent or legal guardian to HHS within 72 hours of determining that the child is unaccompanied..................................
Read more: http://time.com/5592162/fifth-child-dies-ice-border-custody/
Rest in peace brave boy
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abqtommy
(14,118 posts)migrants coming across our southern border are on the New Trail Of Tears...
lark
(23,059 posts)They don't care if the brown children die so do not take adequate steps to prevent this. Murderers!!!