A 16-year-old Guatemalan boy who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without his parents fell ill while in federal custody and died Tuesday after spending several days in intensive care at a hospital in Texas, U.S. Health and Human Services said Wednesday.
“The government of Guatemala laments the death of this young Guatemalan and offers its condolences to the family,” the statement said. Officials are working to repatriate the teen’s remains to Guatemala. HHS spokeswoman Evelyn Stauffer said Customs and Border Protection clinicians examined the teenager and cleared him for transfer to the HHS shelter. CBP officials declined to say when he crossed the border nor how long he was in agency custody before he was transferred to the shelter. When he arrived at the shelter on the night of April 20, the teen “did not note any health concerns,” officials said.
The Nueces County medical examiner’s office and a spokesman for Driscoll Children’s Hospital said they did not have information about the cause of death. On Wednesday, the White House sent Congress a $4.5 billion emergency spending request for humanitarian aid and border security, saying the border influx is “threatening lives.”
Another death at Trump's door.
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Dear Everyone: THIS IS STILL HAPPENING! Kids are dying under trump’s watch. And his apologists -voters and congresspeople - do nothing but defend his cruelty.
They bring diseases. Mumps on the rise everywhere they are put or hide in America.
What about our citizens falling at a young age
His parents should have gotten him help before risking his life to cross the border illegally.
Trump says a few deaths are a great deterrent.
SenateFloor thehill nytimes A tragic situation that needs our prayer.
Same pic as WhiteHouse uses when boasting about largest apprehension by border patrol! Kinda funny if you think about it! And sad!!
Who invited him?
He must be sick when he jump over the border
Stop trying to cross the border illegally
Ok so
Probably just a gang member. Right, Trump? We only grieve for whites.
When 100,000 people walk 1000’s of miles some are likely to be ill beyond being able to be saved.
Are there people still in Guatemala?
For those who say the teen was sick when arrived-maybe. BUT-these large shelters are ground zero for serious illnesses. Many of these people may be undervaccinated and then exposed to illness when grouped together or contract an illness that only runs in people closely quartered.
Died in a hospital trying to be saved........Stop the Yellow journalism!🤬
Damn
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