An 8-year-old died in Customs and Border Protection custody. CBP must stop failing kids.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : We need to know whether critical and potentially lifesaving medical information was and is routinely being shared by CBP with the refugee office and among key personnel within CBP facilities - as well as whether the continued confiscation of medication from children by CBP played a role.
51% : For years, AAP has urged Department of Homeland Security and CBP leadership - including as recently as last month - to take specific actions to make CBP facilities safer for children.
51% : Growing up undocumented: I belong here: What it's like to grow up without DACA in ArizonaMedical care provided to children while in CBP custody must be communicated to the family members they arrived with or, in the case of unaccompanied children, to the refugee resettlement office and ultimately to the parent or relative whom they reunite with.
42% : Ana's death shines a spotlight on continued failures within CBP to ensure adequate medical care for children in their custody.
41% : I also firmly believe that a tragedy like this can and will occur again unless DHS and CBP take immediate and comprehensive actions to address the many systemic weaknesses that allowed Ana's death to occur.
37% : Dozens of people gathered to remember Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, an 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody on May 17.

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