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.@CBP is responsible for a fifth child’s death while in their custody at the Southern border.
This is the fifth child who’s lost their life in recent months.
FIVE DEAD CHILDREN IS FIVE TOO MANY.
This is the fifth child who’s lost their life in recent months.
FIVE DEAD CHILDREN IS FIVE TOO MANY.
@CBP We’re in El Paso right now where we have met countless families who were dropped at the local bus station.
The children we spoke too are in critical need of medical attention.
The sounds echoing through the bus station are babies with deep, hacking coughs.
The children we spoke too are in critical need of medical attention.
The sounds echoing through the bus station are babies with deep, hacking coughs.
One mom we met from Guatemala has a 5 day old baby. We met her sitting on the floor at the bus station.
She arrived here 20 days ago, spent time in a detention center and delivered a baby shortly after being released.
She’s in desperate need of postpartum care.
She arrived here 20 days ago, spent time in a detention center and delivered a baby shortly after being released.
She’s in desperate need of postpartum care.
We met a father from Guatemala. He is traveling with a 2 yr old baby boy who cried for hours when we met him.
His father told us the baby boys eyes have been in pain for weeks & when in detention CBP ignored the cries.
He’s no longer in custody but has no money to see a doctor.
His father told us the baby boys eyes have been in pain for weeks & when in detention CBP ignored the cries.
He’s no longer in custody but has no money to see a doctor.
When we read of individual deaths we see them as isolated cases.
But clearly we have a huge systemic problem. CBP is mistreating migrants in their custody.
But clearly we have a huge systemic problem. CBP is mistreating migrants in their custody.
Can you PLEASE tweet @RepJerryNadler, head of House Judiciary Committee, to demand he launches an investigation into CBP’s mistreatment of children at our southern border?
Children dying in US custody is a national emergency, & should be treated as such.
#JusticeForOurChildren
Children dying in US custody is a national emergency, & should be treated as such.
#JusticeForOurChildren
His name is Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez.
He was 16 years old.
#SayHisName
#JusticeForCarlos
#JusticeforOurChildren
He was 16 years old.
#SayHisName
#JusticeForCarlos
#JusticeforOurChildren
