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
The subcommittee on Border Security facilitation and operations will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on assessing the adequacy of dhs efforts to prevent child deaths in custody. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. The chair asks unanimous consent that representative underwood be permitted to sit and question the witnesses. The chair asks unanimous consent that represent garcia would be permitted to sit and question the witnesses. Without objection, so ordered. Jacqueline call mckean, 7 years old. Phillipe gomez alonso, 8 years old. Darlene krista bell cordova, 10 years old. Wanda leone gutierrez, 16 years old. Wilmer ramirez vasquez, 2 years old. Carlos hernandez vasquez, 16 years old. These six children died in the custody of the United States government just in the past 18 months. These children were migrants from Central America who died of preventible conditions that went untreated. And
How this boggles my mind weve had 3 children die of influenza in the year how bad is it when it comes to disease and the treatment of disease at these camps are going to sound awful it was horrible so you had me here twice and we sort of spoke about the reports that came from either doctors or from human rights organizations well now theres finnish an inspection the last death that you heard about well actually it was in may so keep them from may to now to actually get the facts together and what were missing in those taxes that the actual facility said that they were doing wellness checks on its individual 3 times during the course of this person actually separating us dying in custody in addition to that this person was detained in a cell with another young adult so we all know that the flu is contagious and so while this individual was not mexican he was being held in mexico at this time and therefore its also a danger to the mexican people because theyre laying the disease sort of
To. Welcome everyone to watch from the hawks i am tyrone and for joining me now to discuss these latest issues of the border as well as the United States failing status in the world were everyone thinks were a threat is immigration turning on or you so much as always for coming on having me how this boggles my mind weve had 3 children die of influenza in the year how bad is it when it comes to disease in the treatment of disease at these camps i mean it sounds awful it was horrible so you had me here twice and we sort of spoke about the reports that came from either doctors or from human rights organizations well now theres finished an inspection that the last death that you heard about well actually it was in may so keep them from may to now they actually get the facts together and what were missing in those facts is that the actual facility said that they were doing wellness checks on its individual 3 times during the course of this person actually separating us dying in custody in a
To sound awful its horrible so youve had me here twice and we sort of spoke about the reports that came from either doctors or from human rights organizations well now theres finnish an inspection the last death that you heard about well actually it was in may so keep them from may to now actually get the facts together and what were missing in those facts is that the actual facility said that they were doing wellness checks on its individual 3 times during the course of this person actually separating us dying in custody in addition to that this person was detained in a cell with another young adult so we all know that the flu is contagious and so while this individual was not mexican he was being held in mexico at this time and therefore its also a danger to the mexican people because theyre laying the disease sort of grab that there so there are 2 choices which weve always said you can either detain these individuals and give them the health care they need or tag them and release th