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Anadith Reyes, of Panamá, died Wednesday after falling ill at a U.S. Border Patrol station in Texas. She s the first child to die in U.S. custody since the May 11 removal of Title 42.
The death this week is at the center of concerns about the government’s policy of detaining children for any period of time, often in crowded settings.