The girl and her family were being held at a facility in the city of Harlingen, near the Mexico border.
The girl and her family were being held at a facility in the city of Harlingen, near the Mexico border, Customs and Border Protection said in a statement.
A family member identified the girl as Anadith Reyes, “a happy girl” who was born with a heart condition in Panama to Honduran parents.Anadith’s parents were coming to the U.S. in the hopes of continuing treatment for the girl, Lorna Santos, the girl’s aunt,Santos said Anadith’s mother saw the United States as a “country of opportunities” for her daughter and went to cross the border from Mexico earlier this month.
After the mother brought Anadith again to be checked out by medical personnel, they took her to the hospital, Santos said.Santos questioned why border authorities kept Anadith detained for days considering the girl’s medical condition.it had contacted the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General and the Harlingen Police Department about the incident.
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