Nielsen Will Travel to Border to Review Deaths of Migrant Kids
- Guatemalan boy, 8, died in U.S. custody on Christmas Eve
- Six people died in border patrol custody in 2018: official
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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will travel to the U.S. border with Mexico to personally review her department’s care of migrant children, after a Guatemalan boy died on Christmas Eve after he was apprehended by Customs and Border Protection.
The 8-year-old was the second young migrant to die in the agency’s custody this month. It’s been more than a decade since a child died in CBP custody, a Department of Homeland Security official told reporters on a conference call Wednesday.