Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Friday blamed the family of a 7-year-old migrant girl for her death in U.S. custody, saying the group never should have tried to come to the U.S. without authorization. Nielsen said Jakelin Caal Maquin’s death was “heart-wrenching” and said her heart goes out to the child’s family. DHS faced a flurry of condemnation after news broke of Jakelin’s death late Thursday. In multiple statements, the agency argued it had done everything it could to prevent Jakelin’s death in the relatively brief time she was in Customs and Border Patrol custody. They then turned themselves in to Border Patrol agents and were taken into custody in New Mexico.

Source: Huffington Post December 14, 2018 20:48 UTC