Tragic Deaths of Children in US Border Patrol Custody

An eight-year-old girl has died in US Border Patrol custody after a medical emergency, the agency says. The child and her family were detained at a border patrol site in Harlingen, Texas when she fell ill. The government did not provide any information on the medical emergency the girl experienced or other circumstances surrounding her death. It said it would investigate the incident and that the Department of Homeland Security had been notified. The child's death appears to be the first in US Border Patrol custody for several years.