Despite red flags, Border Patrol didn't review 8-year-old girl's file before she died
An internal investigation has found that medical staff at the Border Patrol station in Harlingen, Texas, declined to review the file of a girl with a heart condition who later died in custody. Border Patrol medical staff declined to review the file of an 8-year-old girl with a chronic heart condition and rare blood disorder before she appeared to have a seizure and died on her ninth day in custody, an internal investigation has found. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has said the child’s parents shared her medical history with...