Six-month-old daughter in critical condition after

The girl was part of a group of 21 people apprehended Thursday around 1:30 am, near the port of entry of the Roma, after crossing the Rio Grande to go to the United States, according to a statement from CBP .

The baby and her father were transported to the central treatment center of the Rio Grande Valley area, where medical staff determined at 9:20 that she needed a hospitalization, the statement said.

She was taken with her father at 9:40 am to the Edinburgh Children's Regional Hospital in Edinburg, Texas, and then transferred by helicopter to the Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas. .

"Since there was no more room in the helicopter, CBP officers drove the father of the child to the hospital so that he was with his daughter, where she continues to receive medical care, "the statement said.