8 Year Old Migrant in CBP's Custody Was Denied Medical Transport to Hospital Multiple Times Before Dying
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Anadith Tanay Reyes Álvarez was denied ambulance transport to a hospital until she suffered a seizure on May 17.In this aerial picture taken on May 11, 2023, migrants walk through gate 42 to board vans after waiting along the border wall to surrender to U.S. Border Patrol agents for immigration and asylum claim processing upon crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States on the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas.Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images Preliminary findings from an internal investigation released this week by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) showcase how officials and contractors monitoring migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border were grossly negligent in refusing to treat a visibly sick child, who later succumbed to her illness, earlier this month.
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