DHS Secretary Blames Migrant Family For Child's Harrowing Death
“This family chose to cross illegally,” Kirstjen Nielsen said in a Fox News interview Friday.
By Amy Russo POLITICS 12/14/2018 03:53 pm ET
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Friday blamed the family of a 7-year-old migrant girl for her death in U.S. custody, saying the group never should have tried to come to the U.S. without authorization.
Nielsen said Jakelin Caal Maquin’s death was “heart-wrenching” and said her heart goes out to the child’s family. But she also used the opportunity to argue against migrants and asylum-seekers making the journey to the U.S.
“You know, this is just a very sad example of the dangers of this journey,” Nielsen said on “Fox & Friends.” “This family chose to cross illegally.”
The girl, whose identity was revealed Friday morning, came from Guatemala with her father in a group of 163 migrants, according to DHS. She died from shock and dehydration roughly 24 hours after being brought to a hospital, the Washington Post first reported.
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