The kid had been at the Harlingen Station with her family when she suffered a “medical emergency” on Wednesday.
Authorities are looking into the death of an 8-year-old girl who died on Wednesday while in the care of the US Border Patrol in Harlingen, Texas.
According to a news statement from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the youngster and her family were at the Harlingen Station when she became ill.
“Emergency Medical Services were called to the station and transported her to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead,” according to the notice.
According to the CBP, the agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility is now launching an inquiry, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General and the Harlingen Police Department have both been contacted.
The Harlingen Police Department’s Sgt. Larry Moore informed the Associated Press that he didn’t have any other information about the girl’s death.
The incident occurs approximately one week after Title 42, the Trump-era immigration provision that permitted officials to turn away migrants at US borders, expired.
Critics of the policy shift, including Texas Governor Greg Abbott, forecast a surge of people attempting to cross the border.
According to a news release from the governor’s office, the governor announced the deployment of a Texas Tactical Border Force last Monday to “respond to the growing border crisis.”
“The Texas National Guard is loading Blackhawk helicopters and C-130s with specially trained soldiers for the Texas Tactical Border Force, which will be deployed to hotspots along the border to intercept and repel large groups of migrants attempting to enter Texas illegally.” The Texas Tactical Border Force will support our Operation Lone Star operations to secure the Texas border in the aftermath of President Biden’s decision to repeal Title 42.”
However, the expected influx of migrants has not occurred. The Border Patrol had 28,717 migrants in custody on Wednesday, the day before the restriction was withdrawn, and by Sunday, the number had dropped to 22,259, according to the Associated Press.
A 17-year-old Honduran kid died earlier this month at a detention camp in Safety Harbor, Florida. His mother informed the Associated Press that he has had epilepsy since he was a toddler.
