Deaths Of Migrant Children Haunt Former Official As Border Surge Increases
By Franco Ordoñez
March 17, 2021
Seeing the growing number of minors held in jail-like facilities near the U.S.-Mexico border, John Sanders can’t help thinking of Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez.
The 16-year-old boy from Guatemala died in the care of U.S. Customs and Border Protection during the last record-breaking detention of unaccompanied minors during the Trump administration, when Sanders led the agency. The former acting CBP commissioner spoke exclusively to NPR about that experience and his concerns about the current crisis.
“My greatest fear and the hardest thing for me when I was at CBP was the death of children,” said Sanders, his voice breaking with emotion. “My greatest fear is children will die, and that’s what I think we have to make sure never happens.”
Deaths Of Migrant Children Haunt Former Official As Border Surge Increases
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