Subcommittee on Border Operations will come to order. It is meeting today to receive testimony on the adequacy of dhs efforts to prevent child deaths in custody. Without objection the jurors authorized an endpoint. It has unanimous consent there would be permitted to sit and question the witnesses. The chair asked with unanimous consent dissent as the witnesses. Without objection, so ordered. Jacqueline hall mccain. Seven years old. In the big gomez angel. Darlene valley, ten years old. One areas, 15 years old. Will mayor two years old. Carlos hernandez frescoes, 16 years old. They used to six children died in the custody of the United States government just in the past 18 months. They used to children were migrants from Central America who died of preventable conditions that went untreated. Three of they used to children since the spent the last hours of their lives in detention facilities on the southern border. We must never forget their names, their suffering, their terrible losses
Once they arrive in customs and Border Protection custody. [inaudible conversations] s with this subcommittee on border facility operations todayod people will receive testimony how to prevent child death and custody. We can declare recess at any point. Chair asking them as consent we can sit and question the witnesses. Without objection so ordered. Jacqueline mckeen, seven years old. Felipe gomez alonso, eight years old. Darlene cordova, ten years old. Juan gutierrez 15 years old. Willll mayor one wilmer ramirez, two years old. Carlos fernandez, 15 years old. These six children died in the custody of the United States government in the past 18 month months. They were migrants from Central Americaa who died of preventable conditions that went untreated. The last hours of their lives were in detention facilities on the southern border we must never forget their names or suffering or the losses their family has had to endure. We are here thiss morning to examine the conditions that led t
subcommittee on border operations will come to order. it is meeting today to receive testimony on the adequacy of dhs efforts to prevent child deaths in custody. without objection the jurors authorized an endpoint. it has unanimous consent there would be permitted to sit and question the witnesses. the chair asked with unanimous consent dissent as the witnesses. without objection, so ordered. jacqueline hall mccain. seven years old. in the big gomez angel. darlene valley, ten years old. one areas, 15 years old. will mayor two years old. carlos hernandez frescoes, 16 years old. they used to six children died in the custody of the united states government just in the past 18 months. they used to children were migrants from central america who died of preventable conditions that went untreated. three of they used to children since the spent the last hours of their lives in detention facilities on the southern border. we must never forget their names, their suffering, their t
Medical isolation room, the child or her children are assigned to that room with her, isnt that a fact . Are you talking about a particular case . Im not aware of that. Generally. When a woman is assigned to a medical isolation room, her child would be assigned to that room as per the reports that ill put into the record at this point. The mothers and children allegedly locked in a dark room for protesting detention conditions and also thats a think progress article. And also for the record, id like to tender a New York Times Magazine Article entitled a federal judge and a Hunger Strike take on the governments immigration detention facility. Without objection. And youre aware of those reports of the Hunger Strike and the woman with the 11yearold child who was placed in the medical Isolation Unit . And the assertion in the New York Times article that there is barb wires at our family facilities which is not the case. In the medical Isolation Units, those units are the unit that this wom