{"id":612451,"date":"2018-08-09T16:42:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T22:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=612451"},"modified":"2018-08-09T16:42:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T22:42:59","slug":"texas-investigating-reports-that-a-child-died-after-leaving-ice-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/08\/texas-investigating-reports-that-a-child-died-after-leaving-ice-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas investigating reports that a child died after leaving ICE facility"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Laura Skelding \/ for The Texas Tribune<\/p>

The South Texas Family Residential Center is an immigrant detention center in Dilley, about 70 miles southwest of San Antonio.<\/p><\/div>\n

A week after reports first surfaced that a migrant child had died after leaving an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement facility near Dilley, state officials have opened an investigation into possible abuse or neglect.<\/p>\n

Until now, such probes \u2014 by government agencies and media alike \u2014 have been stymied by a lack of information. After reports of a child\u2019s death emerged on social media, the child\u2019s family has remained quiet, and its lawyers have declined to provide any identifying information about the child, including his or her name, age and specific cause of death.<\/p>\n

ICE officials denied last week that a child had died in any of its facilities, but said they couldn\u2019t investigate without more information. State officials and lawmakers lamented the same obstacle at a Thursday morning committee hearing, pleading with the family or their supporters to provide any further details.<\/p>\n