8-Year-Old Black Girl Dies In Federal Custody After Border Patrol Reportedly Refused To Send Her To Hospital

By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated June 2, 2023

An eight-year-old girl died in federal custody on May 17 while in the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol. An internal investigation has found that she suffered from a 104.9-degree fever the day before she died, but was still not taken to a hospital for medical care.

The Customs and Border Patrol investigation also found that “[a] contracted nurse practitioner also

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