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Nina Lakhani

Eight-year-old girl dies after being detained by border patrol in Texas

People wait along the border wall in El, Paso, Texas. According to CBP, the child died while held with her family at a facility in the Rio Grande valley.
People wait along the border wall in El, Paso, Texas. According to CBP, the child died while held with her family at a facility in the Rio Grande valley. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

An eight-year old girl died after being detained by border patrol agents in Texas, as the death toll among desperate people seeking refuge in the US continues to mount.

According to a statement by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the child died following a “medical emergency” while held with her family at a detention facility in Harlingen, a city in the Rio Grande valley.

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