Toddler died after contracting infection at ICE family detention facility

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By Emma Platoff, Texas Tribune


For weeks, word has circulated on social media and among immigration advocates that a toddler died soon after leaving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas.

Efforts to investigate were stalled by a lack of public information from the child’s mother and her pro-bono lawyers, who said only the child had died “after being detained by ICE in unsanitary conditions.” Earlier this month, after publicly pleading for more information, state officials received a private tip that allowed them to launch two investigations. Meanwhile, ICE insisted that no child had died in one of its facilities, but said it couldn’t investigate the allegations without more information.

The family’s story has now been made public in a VICE News investigation.

Yazmin Suárez told the news outlet in a story published Monday evening that she and her daughter, Mariee, crossed the border from Guatemala in March and were soon sent to an ICE family detention center in Dilley. There, according to the story, 18-month-old Mariee developed an infection and respiratory symptoms that ultimately led to her death. She died of viral pneumonitis six weeks after being released from the facility, VICE reported. She would have turned two this month.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2018/08/27/toddler-died-ICE-custody-vice-news-dilley/

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1. why the hell wasn't she hospitalized? This is so unjust

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2. This is on cheetolini's head.

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3. yes it is