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WASHINGTON
The head of the US Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Friday that a 7-year-old migrant girl from Guatemala had died hours after she was taken into US Border Patrol custody.
The girl’s death was first reported on Thursday by the Washington Post, which said she died last week after crossing into New Mexico.
DHS chief Kirstjen Nielsen said the girl had been part of a large group that crossed the border from Mexico about 90 miles from the nearest immigration processing facility.
“It’s heart-wrenching, is what it is, and my heart goes out to the family, all of DHS. This is just a very sad example of the dangers of this journey,” Nielsen said in an interview with Fox News Channel.
“We gave immediate care. We’ll continue to look into the situation,” Nielsen added.
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