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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums4th death of migrant child since December raises new alarms
Source: Associated Press
4th death of migrant child since December raises new alarms
By NOMAAN MERCHANT
May 16, 2019
HOUSTON (AP) Advocates raised new alarms Thursday about the U.S. governments treatment of migrant families after a 2½-year-old Guatemalan child became the fourth minor known to have died after being detained by border agents since December.
The death of a single child in custody of our government is a horrific tragedy, said Jess Morales Rocketto, chair of the advocacy group Families Belong Together. Four in six months is a clear pattern of willful, callous disregard for childrens lives.
The boy died Tuesday after several weeks in the hospital, American and Guatemalan authorities said. Tekandi Paniagua, Guatemalas consul in Del Rio, Texas, said the boy had a high fever and difficulty breathing, and authorities took him to a childrens hospital where he was diagnosed with pneumonia.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the boys mother told Border Patrol agents her son was ill on April 6, three days after they were apprehended near an international bridge in El Paso, Texas.
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By NOMAAN MERCHANT
May 16, 2019
HOUSTON (AP) Advocates raised new alarms Thursday about the U.S. governments treatment of migrant families after a 2½-year-old Guatemalan child became the fourth minor known to have died after being detained by border agents since December.
The death of a single child in custody of our government is a horrific tragedy, said Jess Morales Rocketto, chair of the advocacy group Families Belong Together. Four in six months is a clear pattern of willful, callous disregard for childrens lives.
The boy died Tuesday after several weeks in the hospital, American and Guatemalan authorities said. Tekandi Paniagua, Guatemalas consul in Del Rio, Texas, said the boy had a high fever and difficulty breathing, and authorities took him to a childrens hospital where he was diagnosed with pneumonia.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the boys mother told Border Patrol agents her son was ill on April 6, three days after they were apprehended near an international bridge in El Paso, Texas.
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4th death of migrant child since December raises new alarms (Original Post)
Eugene
May 2019
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malaise
(268,713 posts)1. This is a crime against humanity
plain and simple
Skittles
(153,113 posts)2. the "pro-life" party
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)3. Key statement: fourth minor known to have died after being detained by border agents since December.
Key word actually: known. We have no idea how many have actually died. I suspect that number is higher, and wouldn't surprise me if it was much higher unfortunately.