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December 27, 2019

Congolese Asylum Seeker Died in Border Patrol Custody on Christmas Day
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In immigration news, a 41-year-old Congolese asylum seeker died on
Christmas Day in a Customs and Border Protection holding facility in
Laredo, Texas, only one day after she arrived to the U.S.-Mexico border
with her family. CBP said she was medically screened after she provided
paperwork highlighting a previous medical condition. On-site medical
personnel reportedly cleared her and transferred her to the holding
facility for processing. A press release from CBP says the woman, who
has not been identified, complained of abdominal pain and vomited before
she was transferred to a local hospital, where she died on December 25.
The woman's family has since been released from CBP custody. Her death
comes less than one week after a 56-year-old Nigerian man died in
Maryland while in ICE custody.


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