Advocacy group says a migrant has died on US border after medical issue in outdoor waiting area
Associated PressSAN DIEGO — A migrant in a waiting area between two border walls has died this week after a medical emergency, a migrant advocacy group said. The migrant was a 29-year-old woman from Guinea who died Wednesday after encountering medical problems at an “open-air detention site” near the San Ysidro border crossing, according to the American Friends Service Committee’s US-Mexico Border Program. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement that Border Patrol agents “were approached by an individual in medical distress” about 1 mile west of the port of entry. First aid was immediately initiated, and the individual was subsequently transported to a nearby hospital by local emergency medical services where they passed away,” the statement said.
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