Hernandez Vasquez was found unresponsive on Monday during a welfare check at Weslaco Border Patrol Station.
After a 16-year-old Guatemalan boy became the fifth migrant child to die in U.S. immigration custody since December on Monday, congressmembers called on the Trump administration to answer to why these"preventable" deaths keep happening.
Hernandez Vasquez had crossed the the U.S. border near Hidalgo, Texas, on May 13 and was apprehended by Border Patrol agents. According to The New York Times, he had crossed the border unaccompanied by a parent but had traveled with a group of around 70 other migrants. It is still unclear why Hernandez Vasquez was not taken to a hospital once it was determined that he had flu symptoms, as medical professionals have repeatedly advised when migrant chidren become ill.
CBP did not respond directly to a question from Newsweek asking why Hernandez Vasquez had not been taken to the hospital after showing symptoms of illness but referred to a previous statement on the death.
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