Mother says migrant boy was not sick on trek to US [View all]

She said her son reported he was doing well every time that he and his father called home during their trek. She said the last time she spoke with Felipe he was in Mexico at the U.S. border and said he was eating chicken.

This is consistent with the view that the kid got the flu in one of the overcrowded and cold government facilities.
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