8-year-old girl dies while in federal custody on the border

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Emergency Medical Services were called to the station and transported her to the local hospital where she was pronounced dead," read a statement from CBP released on Wednesday.
48% : Ahead of the Title 42's expiration, Gov. Greg Abbott sent hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers to the southern border to prepare for the large groups of migrants expected to enter the United States, and border cities declared a state of emergency.
44% : In the statement, CBP said the agency's Office of Professional Responsibility would conduct an investigation of the girl's death and that the Department of Homeland Security and the Harlingen Police Department were notified.
42% : An 8-year-old child died while in custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday in Harlingen, according to a statement from the federal law enforcement agency.
41% : Her death comes less than a week after the emergency public health order known as Title 42 expired, which allowed migrants to be turned away during the COVID-19 pandemic without allowing them to request asylum.
41% : Some predicted the change would lead to a significant increase in the number of migrants crossing the southern border, but that hasn't happened, according to Biden administration officials.
39% : The previous year, two young children, who were also from Guatemala, died after law enforcement apprehended them.

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