A Honduran mother of two died while in custody at a Biden administration migrant detention center after she crossed the border from Mexico.
Medical staff at these facilities face a wide variety of conditions facing migrants crossing the border. Earlier this week, CBP medical screening staff were unable to diagnose a migrant reporting a locked jaw condition. After transporting the migrant to a hospital, the doctors diagnosed the migrant with tetanus. The CBP medical staff said they had never seen that, according to a CBP source.
On Monday, August 28, 2023, at approximately 7:17 a.m., the woman and her children were transported from the Donna Processing Facility to the Harlingen Border Patrol Station for further processing. The woman and her children arrived at Harlingen Station at 8:02 a.m. on a bus along with approximately 40 other noncitizens.
At approximately 3:58 p.m., BPAs approached the cell with meals for the noncitizens and opened the cell door. At this point, the noncitizens in the cell began to assemble to get their meals. Shortly thereafter, a noncitizen adult female called out to BPAs. Two BPAs entered the cell and checked on the woman. At 3:59 p.m., a BPA stepped out of the cell and called out for assistance. Approximately 20 seconds later, the CBP-contracted EMT ran into the cell.
CBP personnel continued CPR with the assistance of the AED until the arrival of a South Texas Emergency Care ambulance to HRL at 4:12 p.m. STEC personnel assumed responsibility for the woman’s care and departed HRL for Valley Baptist Medical Center , Harlingen, TX, at approximately 4:31 p.m. The woman was officially declared deceased by a physician at the VBMC emergency room at 4:50 p.m.
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