The mother of an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy who died in U.S. custody has revealed her family’s reasons for bringing the boy on the dangerous trek to the U.S. border.
In an interview with Reuters, Catarina Alonzo said that her husband took her son with him to the border in the hopes that the child would afford them easier entry into the United States.
Instead, 8-year-old Felipe Gomez Alonzo became ill and passed away.
“Lots of them have gone with children and managed to cross, even if they’re held for a month or two. But they always manage to get across easily,” Alonzo told Reuters through sobs.
Alonzo said that her husband, an agricultural worker, wanted to get to the U.S. to find better work to pay off his debts. He also hoped that he could enroll Felipe in a higher quality school.
Felipe Gomez Alonzo fell ill in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody on Monday and was taken to a hospital and diagnosed with a common cold and a fever. The child was given prescriptions for Amoxicillin and Ibuprofen, but later began vomiting.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, Felipe’s father was offered further medical treatment for his son but declined. During a later welfare check, agents noticed the boy was in poor condition and took him to the hospital, where he passed away just before midnight.
Felipe is the second child to die in CBP custody this month. 7-year-old Jakelin Caal, also from Guatemala, passed away after falling ill during a bus ride to the nearest U.S. port of entry.
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Now where would the boy have contracted a sickness or disease while in CBP custody? Remember, no sick people come across our border.
I guess this gets filed under “Damn, did I say that out loud?”
Democrats bear the responsibility for these deaths. They go out of their way to encourage illegal immigration solely for political purposes. Mere pawns.
@Deplorable Me: The debts are to coyotes to get them across the border.
“According to interviews (with migrants), the coyotes are saying ‘it’s now or never’ because the wall is going to be built, and it won’t be possible to cross,” the spokeswoman told Reuters.