Three-Year-Old Child Dies on Migrant Bus from Texas to Chicago

A three-year-old child from a bus full of asylum-seekers headed from the border town of Brownsville, TX to Chicago died on Thursday night.

The Details: The child, which CBS News (Lean left bias) reported to be a girl, died at a hospital in Marion County, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. At the start of the bus trip, passengers were reportedly checked for health issues, of which none were found. When the girl presented “health concerns” the bus reportedly pulled over for the girl to be treated by paramedics before going to the hospital. No possible causes of death have been reported yet.

For Context: Buses of migrants have arrived in several American cities recently. Texas officials confirmed the bus was part of its “border bus mission,” which buses migrants to other American cities.

Key Quotes: In a statement, the Illinois Department of Public Health said "working with local health officials, state police, and federal authorities to the fullest extent possible to get answers in this tragic situation."

How The Media Covered It: New York Post (Lean Right bias) reported the child to be a girl. Reuters (Center bias) reported the girl to be Venezuelan. CBS News included context about Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and highlighted an opinion from California Attorney General Rob Bonta that called Abbott’s distribution of migrants “state-sanctioned kidnapping.”