US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must provide full public accounting and explain how five migrant children died over the last six month's in the agency's custody, Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote in a letter published on Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 22nd May, 2019) US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must provide full public accounting and explain how five migrant children died over the last six month's in the agency's custody, Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote in a letter published on Wednesday."The deaths of five children who had been in CBP care in six months are appalling, and you owe the public an explanation and a full accounting for the causes and circumstances of their deaths," Warren wrote in her letter to CBP's Acting Commissioner John Sanders.
Three of the children, all of whom were apprehended after crossing into the United States from Mexico, died in the month of May alone, including a 2-year-old boy from Guatemala, Warren noted.
"Congress and the public deserve answers about the steps you are taking to protect children in CBP custody. Children are dying, and CBP must do more to end this string of tragedies," Warren said.
Warren asked CBP to outline the steps it is taking to protect migrants detained in its custody. The senator also demanded that the agency provide more information about the five cases, as well as any other incidents that have not yet been reported.
The senator asked that CBP provide a response in writing no later than June 4.
