The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed a child died in U.S. custody.
Officials haven’t released many details due to safety concerns but Honduran officials did:
A 17-year-old migrant child from Honduras who arrived in the U.S. without a parent or guardian has died in government custody in Florida, officials said Friday, in what is believed to be the first such death in years.Enrique Reina, the Honduran secretary of foreign affairs, identified the child as Ángel Eduardo Maradiaga Espinoza and called for an “exhaustive investigation” into his death. Reina said the Espinoza was in Safety Harbor, Florida, a small city west of Tampa that has a shelter used to house unaccompanied children.
Do you remember what Biden said in 2019 as he ramped up his presidential campaign? I wonder if he’ll say anything like this about the child.
Instead of addressing the border issues, as usual, the White House press briefing was about..infrastructure.
But the reporters quickly jumped on the border when Karine Jean-Pierre opened the floor for questions:
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called news of the death “deeply saddening.””We are certainly aware of the tragic loss, and our hearts go out to the family,” Jean-Pierre said.Jean-Pierre added that she had not spoken to President Biden about the death, and she did not know if she had been briefed on the death.”There is a medical investigation that was opened on May 10, and so I don’t want to get ahead of that,” she said. “We’ve got to let the investigation go through.”
This is unbelievable. We won’t hear from Biden because he did an interview on immigration last week. Plus hearing from Mayorkas is stronger or something.
Jean-Pierre’s attitude about immigration is very “whatever” and it’s irritating. She said that mass releases aren’t happening.
Bill Melugin has the receipts.
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