Three children in U.S. custody at the U.S-Mexico border have recently died of easily preventable flu-related illnesses
Photo: Sergio Flores/The Washington Post via Getty Im With flu season in full swing, the immigration crisis at the U.S-Mexico border has become even more dire for migrant children. Three children in U.S. custody have recently died of easily preventable flu-related illnesses. There have lately been reports of shortages in food, diapers, and medicine for children and of overcrowded camps, and it’s not as if customs officials aren’t aware of what could be coming if nothing changes.
“More people will die without the vaccine,” Dr. Hannah Janeway, an emergency-medicine physician turned away by CBP, told the Guardian. “There’s no doubt. They are being locked in cages in cold weather together, without any vaccination, in a year that is supposed to bring a horrible flu epidemic.” Now that influenza is in the air, it doesn’t help matters that children and adults are being held for long periods of time despite the government’s assertion that they are generally in custody for no longer than 72 hours. A CBP spokesperson said in an email to the Guardian on Tuesday, “Every effort I made to hold detainees for a minimum amount of time.
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