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Friday 19 May 2023
8-year-old girl dies in Border Patrol custody in Texas

By VALERIE GONZALEZ passed through openings
and REBECCA SANTANA in the wall.
Associated Press Pedro Rios, director of the
MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — A American Friends Service
little girl from Panama born Committee’s U.S.-Mexico
with heart problems died border program, said Thurs-
in Border Patrol custody day that portable bath-
Wednesday, the second rooms were too full to use,
death of a child from Latin forcing migrants to relieve
America in U.S. govern- themselves outdoors. He
ment custody in two weeks. said the Border Patrol told
The 8-year-old girl and her him to call 911 when vol-
family were being held in unteers encountered an
Harlingen, Texas, in the Rio 8-month-old child between
Grande Valley, one of the the walls was “listless and
busiest corridors for migrant vomiting.” The camp has
crossings. since been disbanded.
The Border Patrol’s par- On Thursday, advocates
ent agency, U.S. Customs also warned of dangerous
and Border Protection, has conditions for migrants who
struggled with overcrowd- are still in Mexico trying to
ing at its facilities, spurred gain entry to the Untied
by a large increase in mi- Migrants wait in line adjacent to the border fence under the watch of the Texas National Guard to States. Advocates said dur-
grants ahead of the expi- enter into El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. ing a news conference with
ration last week of a key Associated Press journalists that they had vis-
regulation on immigration said she was traveling with after a 17-year-old Hondu- rest event.” She died three ited a number of encamp-
linked to the COVID-19 her father, mother and two ran boy, Ángel Eduardo days later, the agency said. ments in Mexico to assess
pandemic. older siblings. Maradiaga Espinoza, who In recent weeks the U.S. has conditions there and found
The girl experienced “ a She was born with heart was traveling alone, died in struggled with large num- little in the way of medical
medical emergency “ and problems and was oper- U.S. Health and Human Ser- bers of migrants coming care.
emergency medical servic- ated on three years ago in vices Department custody. to the border in expecta- Amy Fischer, director of
es were called. They took Panama, according to her Also, earlier this year, a tion of the end of Title 42, a Refugee and Migrant
her to the hospital where father who spoke with the 4-year-old “medically frag- regulation that had curbed Rights at Amnesty Interna-
she was pronounced consul. ile unaccompanied child migration during the pan- tional USA, said “almost
dead, the agency said. An Customs and Border Pro- from Honduras” died at a demic. everyone” they saw on the
autopsy has been ordered. tection’s internal affairs of- hospital in Michigan, Health Last week, hundreds of mi- Mexico side of the border
The girl’s name was Ana- fice will investigate the girl’s and Human Services said grants were held in open “had some type of health
dith Tanay Reyes Alvarez, death, and the Homeland in a statement Thursday. air on U.S. soil between two condition that they were
said Honduran Consul José Security Department’s in- The agency said the child, border walls in San Diego. dealing with.” She said that
Leonardo Navas, who is spector general and Harlin- who was in the care of the Many subsisted for days was “almost universal” that
based in McAllen, Texas. gen police have been no- agency’s Office of Refu- on a limited Border Patrol migrants were “lifting up
He said she is from Panama, tified, Customs and Border gee Resettlement, was tak- diet of water and chips or their shirt and showing a
although her parents are Protection said. en to the hospital on March granola bars and what- rash or saying that my kid
from Honduras. The consul Her death comes a week 14 following a “cardiac ar- ever volunteers or vendors had X kind of sickness.”q

Judge rejects lawsuit by Nantucket

residents to block wind turbines

a crucial area for foraging cision. “We’re pleased the ly disappointed in the rul-
and nursing for the dwin- court has acknowledged ing,” she said. “We will be
dling species, which re- the rigorous and thorough taking a few days to weigh
searchers estimate to num- administrative review that our options going forward.”
ber about 340. our project underwent The American Clean Power
In a ruling issued Wednes- over the last many years,” Association also applaud-
day, U.S. District Judge Indi- Moeller said in a statement. ed the decision, saying it
ra Talwani found the group The 800-megawatt Vine- shows “the environmental
failed to show that either yard Wind project is on review process for offshore
the U.S. Bureau of Ocean track to be the first com- wind projects is rigorous
A lift boat, right, that serves as a work platform, assembles a Energy Management or mercial-scale offshore and effective at ensuring
wind turbine on Aug. 15, 2016, off Block Island, R.I. the National Marine Fisher- wind farm in the U.S., with that these projects are built
Associated Press ies Service violated the En- plans to eventually create in an environmentally re-
By STEVE LeBLANC threatens the survival of en- dangered Species Act or enough electricity to pow- sponsible manner.”
Associated Press dangered Northern Atlan- the National Environmen- er 400,000 homes. The visibility of the towering
BOSTON (AP) — A federal tic right whales. tal Policy Act in issuing a Vallorie Oliver, a Nantuck- structures — which could
judge has rejected a law- Nantucket Residents 2021 biological opinion or et resident and one of the rise up to 850 feet (260
suit brought by Nantucket Against Turbines said Vine- final environmental impact plaintiffs in the case, said meters) above sea level
residents who argued that yard Wind’s proposed proj- statement for the wind en- the group is considering and eclipse Boston’s 790-
the planned construction ect of some 62 turbines in ergy project. possible options. foot (240-meter) Hancock
of dozens of wind turbines waters 14 miles (22 kilome- Vineyard Wind CEO Klaus “Nantucket Residents Tower — is also among the
off the affluent resort island ters) south of the island is in Moeller welcomed the de- Against Turbines is obvious- group’s concerns.q