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How is Border Patrol handling the flu outbreak at a Texas migrant detention center?

Border Patrol stopped processing migrants temporarily at the agency’s largest detention center in McAllen, Tex. due to a flu outbreak. Nearly three dozen migrants fell ill and a 16-year-old Guatemalan boy died at the facility.

By Madeleine Brand • May 24, 2019 • 1 min read

Border Patrol stopped processing migrants temporarily at the agency’s largest detention center in McAllen, Tex. due to a flu outbreak. Nearly three dozen migrants fell ill and a 16-year-old Guatemalan boy died at the facility. The boy is the fifth child to die at a federal detention center in recent months.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

How is Border Patrol handling the flu outbreak at a Texas migrant detention center?

Border Patrol stopped processing migrants temporarily at the agency’s largest detention center in McAllen, Tex. due to a flu outbreak. Nearly three dozen migrants fell ill and a 16-year-old Guatemalan boy died at the facility.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

How is Border Patrol handling the flu outbreak at a Texas migrant detention center?

Border Patrol stopped processing migrants temporarily at the agency’s largest detention center in McAllen, Tex. due to a flu outbreak. Nearly three dozen migrants fell ill and a 16-year-old Guatemalan boy died at the facility.

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