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December 19, 2018

Lawmakers Demand Answers In Death of 7-Year-Old Guatemalan Migrant
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Meanwhile, Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers about the
conditions that led to the death of 7-year-old Guatemalan indigenous
migrant Jakelin Caal Maquín in U.S. custody after she was detained at
the U.S.-Mexico border earlier this month. On Tuesday, several lawmakers
toured the Lordsburg Border Patrol station in New Mexico where the girl
was held shortly before she became ill, dying after her fever spiked to
nearly 106 degrees. This is Houston Congressmember Al Green.

Rep. Al Green: "What I saw in this facility is unbelievable and
unconscionable. The SPCA would not allow animals to be treated the way
human beings are being treated in this facility."

We'll have more on the death of Jakelin Caal Maquín after headlines.


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