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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott faced fresh criticism on Friday after officials confirmed a young child died during a bus trip from the border city of Brownsville to Chicago , Illinois—part of the Republican's monthslong stunt of transporting migrants to communities with Democratic leaders. 'The Illinois Department of Public Health said the child was 3 years old and died Thursday in Marion County, in the southern part of that state,' according to The Associated Press.
' Castro said on social media Friday evening that 'I'm saddened and horrified but not surprised by a child's death on a Texas-sponsored bus to Chicago. Operation Lone Star has trafficked asylum-seekers across the country in squalid conditions for months. Gov. Greg Abbott's barbaric practices are killing people.' As the Chicago Tribune detailed: Chicago has received at least 176 buses and more than 12,000 people in the 11 months since Texas Gov.
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