The comments came a day after Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, visited two border patrol stations in El Paso, Texas. She had announced her visit following the death of an eight-year-old boy in the custody of Customs and Border Patrol over the Christmas holiday. Democrats in Congress have called for hearings to address the deaths of migrants in the custody of CBP. Six people died in the custody of border patrol authorities in fiscal 2018, which ended Sept. 30. This month’s deaths are the first of children in CBP custody in more than a decade, a DHS official told reporters this week.

Source: National Post December 29, 2018 21:56 UTC