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SunSeeker

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18. The most tragic adult death I read about: a dad's suicide after they ripped his child from his arms.

Reply to barbtries (Reply #17)

Wed May 1, 2019, 07:00 PM

May 2019

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/a-family-was-separated-at-the-border-and-this-distraught-father-took-his-own-life/2018/06/08/24e40b70-6b5d-11e8-9e38-24e693b38637_story.html?outputType=amp

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16-Year-Old Unaccompanied Migrant Child Dies in U.S. Custody [View all] SunSeeker May 2019 OP

Enough! BigmanPigman May 2019 #1

Indeed. One was too many. nt SunSeeker May 2019 #2

Unacceptable! Ohiogal May 2019 #3

Makes my heart ache too. I have a 15 year old son. SunSeeker May 2019 #4

Three that we know of. dewsgirl May 2019 #5

Good point. nt SunSeeker May 2019 #6

So Sad Me. May 2019 #7

They provide medical care for the teenager. n/t Opel_Justwax May 2019 #8

Too little, too late Marthe48 May 2019 #9

In at least two of those cases, the doctors sent the child back to jail still sick. SunSeeker May 2019 #10

People can live without their kind of "medical care." n/t Judi Lynn May 2019 #22

Inadequate care equals no care. They have caused a death by their negligence. Shrike47 May 2019 #26

Negligent homicide. ancianita May 2019 #11

I know, I know, bad on my part Perseus May 2019 #12

Here is the 1st paragraph of the link I provided Perseus May 2019 #13

Yes, there's the 1932 syphilis studies on unconsenting African Americans. SunSeeker May 2019 #16

that we know of. barbtries May 2019 #14

Apparently they have admitted to 22 adult deaths in ICE custody over the last 2 years. nt SunSeeker May 2019 #15

wow. that is a lot. barbtries May 2019 #17

The most tragic adult death I read about: a dad's suicide after they ripped his child from his arms. SunSeeker May 2019 #18

i remember that. barbtries May 2019 #19

out of all the crappy things.. stillcool May 2019 #20

Make it stop. Glimmer of Hope May 2019 #21

Considering the sentiment here, I'm gonna go out on a limb here... cannabis_flower May 2019 #23

Kids in ICE detention appear to be dying at a MUCH higher rate (87x) than US kids in general. SunSeeker May 2019 #27

Several things here.. cannabis_flower May 2019 #34

That is all the more reason not to put kids in crowded detention centers. SunSeeker May 2019 #35

It sounds like cannabis_flower May 2019 #36

Yes, I remember. He was a person of color too. I don't think it is a coincidence. SunSeeker May 2019 #37

"It doesn't sound like they did anything wrong" LanternWaste May 2019 #28

Sorry, What Else Can Border Patrol Do wellst0nev0ter May 2019 #39

It wasn't the flu. moriah May 2019 #30

It sounds like.. cannabis_flower May 2019 #33

fat donnie wouldn't care if they all died demtenjeep May 2019 #24

this is what they mean by MAGA JI7 May 2019 #25

Guatemalan boy who died in US custody suffered from brain infection Eugene May 2019 #29

Doctors should have never sent him back to the detention facility with a fever! SunSeeker May 2019 #32

I hope someone is looking for his family. riversedge May 2019 #31

Trump, Sessions, Nielsen and Miller Sparky 1 May 2019 #38