What we know about the deaths of 6 migrant children who perished in US custody
HOUSTON - Six migrant children - five from Guatemala and one from El Salvador - have died in federal custody since September.
Most of the children died after becoming ill in Border Patrol's crowded temporary holding areas.
On Monday, a 16-year-old died after being diagnosed with the flu; 32 people in the McAllen, Texas, facility where he had been held were later quarantined with the flu.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration said a 10-year-old girl from El Salvador with a history of congenital heart defects had died in a hospital in federal custody in September. The Los Angeles Times confirmed her identity as Darlyn Cristabel Cordova-Valle; she was trying to reach Nebraska, where her mother lives.
The deaths have led advocacy groups and lawmakers to call for investigations into immigrant detention conditions on the border. On Thursday, Democratic members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and House Judiciary Committee - three from Texas and one
