The death of a 16-year-old Guatemalan illegal immigrant in Border Patrol custody on Monday raised the stakes for border security in Congress, where lawmakers are trying to figure out whether to give President Trump some of the $4.5 billion in emergency money he’s demanding to help deal with the migrant surge.
The teen, identified as Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez, was caught sneaking into the country as part of a group of more than 70 people on May 13 and was in Border Patrol custody for a week — more than twice as long as the law allows.
His illness was diagnosed as the flu Sunday, he was prescribed Tamiflu and he was discovered unresponsive Monday morning. Efforts to revive him failed. Illnesses are a major danger at the border detention facilities, which have become overcrowded as children and families surge north in record numbers, drawn to the U.S. by lax enforcement policies.
A government official said they had been trying to get the teen placed with the federal Health and Human Services Department, as the law requires, but an equally overwhelmed HHS wasn’t able to immediately place the boy in one of its shelters.
President Trump, reacting to the news, blamed Democrats for inviting the surge of vulnerable people.
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'yes, they are here.' Now! See this, the installation of the new patsy for the New World Order Globalists! First ((Kenyan-in-Chief)). You see ((they)) you know who! Will stop at nothing !!
ReplyDelete9:12 you could not seem any crazier if you tried.
ReplyDeleteCrazy...or ahead of his time?
Delete951, remember what they said about Steve Jobs...
DeleteInfluenza and Typhus are rampant in the centers.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't afford Tamiflu when I was sick and I work and pay taxes. I wonder who paid that bill?
ReplyDeleteIf 100,000 people stand around for a week, a few of them will die, just because.
ReplyDeleteWake up Americans! We are under siege by anyone from these countries looking for a handout and the liberal left thinks they can blame Trump for the debacle. They are the ones holding out for contempt and impeachment letting the border crisis slip through their hands. I hope they get (in the words of Obama) shellacked again in 2020.
ReplyDeleteThe Dems have invited any and all to come to America. The sole purpose is to disrupt American society in hopes it looks bad for Pres. Trump. Thankfully most Americans see what the Dems end game is.
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