{"id":619698,"date":"2018-08-28T07:04:25","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T13:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=619698"},"modified":"2018-08-28T20:21:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T02:21:48","slug":"report-toddler-died-after-contracting-infection-at-ice-detention-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/08\/report-toddler-died-after-contracting-infection-at-ice-detention-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Toddler died after contracting infection at ICE detention facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_616579\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 771px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-616579\" src=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Family_detention_center_Dilley_LS_TT-1-771x517.jpg\" alt=\"South Texas Family Residential Center\" width=\"771\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Family_detention_center_Dilley_LS_TT-1-771x517.jpg 771w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Family_detention_center_Dilley_LS_TT-1-336x225.jpg 336w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Family_detention_center_Dilley_LS_TT-1-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Family_detention_center_Dilley_LS_TT-1-1170x784.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Family_detention_center_Dilley_LS_TT-1.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Laura Skelding \/ for The Texas Tribune<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley is one of two family immigrant detention centers in Texas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For weeks, word has circulated on social media and among immigration advocates that a toddler died soon after leaving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Efforts to investigate were stalled by a lack of public information from the child\u2019s mother and her pro-bono lawyers, who said only the child had died \u201cafter being detained by ICE in unsanitary conditions.\u201d Earlier this month, after publicly pleading for more information, state officials received a private tip that allowed them to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2018\/08\/09\/Texas-investigating-death-child-ICE-dilley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launch two investigations<\/a>. Meanwhile, ICE insisted that no child had died in one of its facilities, but said it couldn\u2019t investigate the allegations without more information.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"module align-left half type-aside\">\n<h3>About this article<\/h3>\n<p>This article originally appeared in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2018\/08\/27\/toddler-died-ICE-custody-vice-news-dilley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Texas Tribune<\/a>,\u00a0a nonpartisan, nonprofit media organization that informs Texans and engages with them about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The family\u2019s story has now been made public in a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/paw9ky\/toddler-died-after-getting-sick-in-ice-custody\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VICE News investigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Yazmin Su\u00e1rez told the news outlet in a story published Monday evening that she and her daughter, Mariee, crossed the border from Guatemala in March and were soon sent to an ICE family detention center in Dilley. There, according to the story, 18-month-old Mariee developed an infection and respiratory symptoms that ultimately led to her death. She died of viral pneumonitis six weeks after being released from the facility, VICE reported. She would have turned two this month.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to the VICE story, which cites a review of the toddler\u2019s medical records as well as interviews with her mother, Mariee developed a cough, congestion and fever in the facility. After being released from Dilley, Mariee went to three hospitals in the Northeast and died after being unhooked from a respirator at the Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A mother lost her little girl because ICE and those running the Dilley immigration prison failed them inexcusably,&#8221; said R. Stanton Jones, a partner with Arnold &amp; Porter, a Washington, D.C. law firm representing the family pro bono. \u201cInstead of offering safe harbor from the life-threatening violence they were fleeing, ICE detained Yazmin and her baby Mariee in a place with unsafe conditions, neglectful medical care, and inadequate supervision. &#8230; The medical care Mariee received in ICE detention was woefully inadequate, neglectful, and substandard.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Yazmin Su\u00e1rez told VICE she is pursuing legal action against ICE. The agency did not respond directly to the accusations about the toddler&#8217;s death, but a spokeswoman said, &#8220;ICE takes very seriously the health, safety and welfare of those in our care.&#8221; Comprehensive medical care is provided to all ICE detainees, she added.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Five pediatricians who reviewed the toddler\u2019s medical records told VICE she received the care they would have recommended. But doctors have long complained that conditions in detention centers are not suitable for children.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Dilley facility, in South Texas, is one of two family detention centers in Texas and has the capacity to hold 2,400 people.<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.texastribune.org\/pixel\/dot.min.29c708b3d0da5d17a725.js\" integrity=\"sha384-8Xwf\/TlQnmHiajg1t3dn8w4qlF1rmV33o5NAQVXYu0T2q3rHV5579zrSmRjh+XnM\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" data-tt-canonical=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2018\/08\/27\/toddler-died-ICE-custody-vice-news-dilley\/\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The toddler from Guatemala died six weeks after leaving an ICE family detention center in Dilley, Texas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":616579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[140,234],"class_list":["post-619698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-border-and-immigration","tag-children"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}