The girl experienced a medical emergency while she and her family were being held at a busy Texas station, according to an official statement.
HARLINGEN, Texas - An 8-year-old girl died Wednesday in Border Patrol custody, authorities said, a rare occurrence that comes as the agency struggles with overcrowding.
Customs and Border Protection’s internal affairs office will investigate, and the Homeland Security Department’s inspector general and Harlingen police have been notified, Miller said. Sgt. Larry Moore, a spokesman for the Harlingen Police Department, said he had no information about the death. The average time in custody on Sunday was 77 hours, five hours more than the maximum allowed under agency policy.
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