The Senate Judiciary Committee launched its investigation following the 2023 death of an 8-year-old girl at a facility in Harlingen.
Young asylum seekers are apprehended by Customs and Border Protection agents after crossing the Texas-Mexico border in Roma on Aug. 3, 2021.Poor medical care that preceded the 2023 death of an 8-year-old girl at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Harlingen “was not aberrant but consistent” with other incidents of inadequate medical care received by vulnerable migrants in federal custody, a U.S.
The report found that many children are held in custody for longer than the recommended 72 hours, CBP facilities are frequently understaffed, processes for getting emergency care are not consistent among facilities and that CBP had failed to adequately oversee its medical contractor. Her mother, Mabel Alvarez Benedicks, said she was denied a request to take the girl to the hospital despite an influenza diagnosis. Instead, to reduce her temperature, agents gave the girl saline fluids, fever medication and a shower.
“Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez likely would still be alive if she received adequate emergency medical care in CBP custody,” said U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, who ordered the investigation when he chaired the committee at the time of her death. “For too long, CBP has failed to meet basic medical needs and wasted taxpayer dollars.”
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