Caravan of migrants: the United States will investigate the death of a child in detention at the border

An investigation was opened following the death of a seven-year-old girl who was in the custody of the US Border Patrol.

The Guatemalan child, named Jakelin Caal Maquin, was arrested last week after crossing the US-Mexican territory. Authorities said earlier that she would have succumbed to dehydration, but border officials insisted that the couple had access to food and water while in detention.

A government regulator will investigate before releasing a journalist. final report.

The death of the girl has given new importance to the radical immigration policy of President Donald Trump and to migrants traveling from Central America to the US border.

Migrants say that they are fleeing persecution. , poverty and violence in their countries of origin. Many people claim to want to settle in the United States despite warnings that anyone who goes illegally to the country would be the subject of an eviction order.

According to US authorities, what happened?

According to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the girl was apprehended with her father for illegal entry into the country on the evening of December 6th.

She was then examined and found to be free of health problems.

It is said that she was arrested in a place where there was food, water and toilets before being shipped on the bus with her father before a journey of 151 km to the nearest border patrol station.

The grievor stated that the girl started vomiting on the bus and then stopped breathing.

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She received emergency medical care and was resuscitated twice before being transferred to the hospital. 39, El Paso, according to CBP.

It is said that she had died as a result of cardiac arrest and was suffering from swelling of the brain and liver failure. 19659007] "Border Patrol Officers … did everything in their power to provide emergency medical assistance," said CBP Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan in a statement.

"We welcome the Department of Homeland Security investigation and will review the accident operationally and learn from this tragedy," he added.

Some Democrats called for the resignation of the incident, while others, including former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, claimed that it was part of the process. a "humanitarian crisis" at the border. 19659012] Tension exists at the border

Since the arrival of nearly 7,500 migrants in recent weeks, it has reached its peak

Last month, US border services officers used tear gas on a crowd of migrants, including children, for

Officers claimed that staff members were assaulted and struck with stones

However, critics accused the Trump government of reacting draconian, while Mexico had requested the opening of an investigation.

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Migrants traveled by major groups , called "caravans", over 4,000 km from Central America.

Among them are many fa Milies with young children.

Donald Trump promised to keep every migrant on the Mexican side of the border until the courts have ruled on their case, which means that some face a long wait.

They spend time in temporary shelters in the Mexican Border City of Tijuana and in Mexicali, 180 km to the east.