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Internal report details rampant diarrhea among children at overcrowded border facility

Diarrhea was rampant, children were losing weight, and parents had to clean soiled clothing in sinks because guards would not provide them with clean items, mothers at an overcrowded Texas border facility in Laredo told Department of Homeland Security investigators last month, according to an internal report obtained by The…

Los Angeles Times

Border Patrol officials complained of 'overuse of hospitalization' as 8-year-old died

As an 8-year-old was dying in Border Patrol custody last month, officials at the Texas detention center where she had been held were complaining about the facility's "overuse of hospitalization," according to an internal report obtained by The Times.

Los Angeles Times

Newly released body camera footage shows Border Patrol agents shooting a tribal member in Arizona

U.S. Customs and Border Protection have released body camera footage that shows Border Patrol agents were concerned that a tribal member they fatally shot last month many have been carrying a handgun

The Independent UK

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Decrease in border crossings hasn’t slowed Republican criticism - Roll Call

A reported decline in unauthorized border crossings in the month since pandemic-era asylum restrictions expired hasn't slowed GOP criticism.

Roll Call

A 3-hour phone call that brought her to tears: Imposter scams cost Americans billions

Imposter scams are top U.S. fraud now: Con artists are using new technology to get real time information plus voice cloning and caller ID spoofing to make it even harder to tell truth from fiction.

WEKU

Family of girl who died in Border Patrol custody holds New York funeral, says they want justice

A funeral is planned for an 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody after her family crossed the southern U.S. border last month

The Independent UK

Border agency reassigns chief medical officer after custody death of 8-year-old girl

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reassigned its chief medical officer after the in-custody death of an 8-year-old girl whose mother’s pleas for an ambulance were ignored despite a high fever and other ailments

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US: Online asylum appointments halted at 1 Texas crossing because of Mexican city's safety woes

The Biden administration says the reason it halted online asylum appointments at the international crossing in Laredo, Texas was because of the “security situation” across the border in the Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo

The Independent UK

US halts online asylum appointments at Texas crossing after extortion warnings

U.S. authorities have halted mobile app appointments to admit asylum-seekers at a Texas border crossing after advocates warned U.S. authorities that migrants are being extorted there

The Independent UK

Title 42 and the real border surge

Out-trumping Trump at the border

Salon

Border patrol nurse REFUSED to review health of girl who died with 40 degree temperature

The Customs and Border Protection nurse failed to review the file of an 8-year-old girl with a chronic heart condition and rare blood disorder and reported denying multiple requests from the girl's mum for an ambulance at a Harlingen, Texas, CBP station

Daily Mirror

U.S. Customs and Border Protection investigation finds multiple failings in the death of 8-year-old girl in federal custody

After discovering that contracted medical staff ignored the mother’s pleas to take the girl to the hospital as her condition declined, the federal agency said it is taking action to ensure an in-custody death “never happens again.”

The Texas Tribune

Court monitor warned of medical care issues at Border Patrol stations before girl’s death

A court-appointed monitor said in January that child migrants held in medical isolation may be overlooked when Border Patrol stations are too crowded

The Independent UK

US Border Patrol says agents who killed man in Arizona were answering report of gunfire

Authorities say U.S. Border Patrol agents answering reports of gunfire shot and killed a man on a tribal reservation in southern Arizona after he threw something and abruptly raised his arm

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The Independent UK

Death of 8-year-old girl in Border Patrol custody highlights challenges providing medical care

The death in Border Patrol custody of an 8-year-old Panamanian girl is the second child migrant fatality in two weeks under government supervision, raising questions about how prepared authorities are to address medical emergencies of people arriving after an often-exhausting journey

The Independent UK

8-year-old girl sought medical help 3 times on day she died, US immigration officials say

U.S. immigration officials say an 8-year-old girl who died last week in Border Patrol custody was seen at least three separate times by medical personnel on the day of her death

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

Daily Mirror

Aunt says US-Mexico border officials KNEW of girl's condition before her death in custody

Eight-year-old Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez, from Panama, died on Wednesday, May 17, after suffering a 'medical emergency' while in Border Patrol custody in Harlingen, Texas

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The Conversation

When faith says to help migrants – and the law says don't

Many religious traditions preach the need to care for strangers. But what happens when caring for the stranger comes into conflict with government policy?

ABC News

Girl, 8, dies in US Border Patrol custody, officials confirm

An 8-year-old girl from Panama has died in US Border Patrol custody, Customs and Border Protection says.

WEKU

An 8-year-old girl died after being detained by U.S. Border Patrol

The young girl died in U.S. Border Patrol custody after experiencing a "medical emergency," the agency said. The news underscores concern about the safety of migrants with Title 42 no longer in place.

The Texas Tribune

8-year-old girl dies while in federal custody on the border

The child and her family were in custody at a border station in Harlingen before she was transported to a local hospital. The death comes less than a week after the expiration of Title 42, which had allowed authorities to quickly expel migrants from the U.S. during the pandemic.

Al Jazeera

‘It doesn’t work’: Migrants struggle with US immigration app

Asylum seekers say they are crossing US-Mexico border irregularly after failing to get appointments through CBP One app.

Zenger

Death Rates In The Borders And Attempts Spike Despite The White House Not Sharing The Data

Migrants who come into the United States through Mexico have died attempting to going through the Mexican land or cross by river.

Reuters

With barbed wire and warnings, migrants stopped at US-Mexico border

After hours of waiting on the U.S. side of the border and hoping the Texas National Guard would let them seek U.S. asylum, a group of 15 migrants crossed a shallow green river back to Mexico, their faces drawn in disappointment.

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