children in u.s. custody is unconscionable. house democrats will not stand idly by and watch other nations while fundamental values are corroded and innocent children are held by and democratic congressman bennie thompson going further than that saying it s clear that the administrations fly-by-night mass detention policy are not working. the welfare of children in our care must be a top priority. chief correspondent is live in our west coast bureau bureau with the real story. jonathan. as of the beginning of december, according to the department of homeland security more than ten years since a child has died in the custody o u.s. customs and border protection. now two children have died in n the space of a month, the lates in eight -year-old boy police say alonzo gomez first taken intoto custody around 1:00 p.m. december 18th they re all