{"id":321371,"date":"2021-03-26T20:15:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T00:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=321371"},"modified":"2021-03-26T20:15:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T00:15:33","slug":"9-year-old-mexican-girl-drowns-trying-to-cross-border-into-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-year-old-mexican-girl-drowns-trying-to-cross-border-into-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"9-Year-Old Mexican Girl Drowns Trying To Cross Border Into U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F9-year-old-mexican-girl-drowns-trying-to-cross-border-into-u-s%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=321371&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3864.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/local-media-release\/border-patrol-agents-encounter-three-unresponsive-migrants\">statement<\/a> released on Thursday, U.S. Border Patrol agents confirmed that a 9-year-old girl drowned while attempting to enter the United States by way of the Rio Grande River.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/local-media-release\/border-patrol-agents-encounter-three-unresponsive-migrants\">release<\/a>, \u201cU.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector\u2019s Marine Unit rescued two migrants attempting to cross the Rio Grande, Mar. 20.\u201d The agents came across three migrants who were \u201cstranded on an island on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande River. Agents found the individuals and immediately began administering first aid while transporting the migrants to shore. Two of the three migrants regained conciousness, a mother from Guatemala and her three-year-old child from Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The agents attempted to save the life of a 9-year-old child from Mexico before handing her off to the Eagle Pass Fire Department\u2019s Emergency Medical Services. The statement confirmed, \u201cThe child remained unresponsive and was pronounced deceased by medical professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/26\/9-year-old-mexican-girl-drowns-crossing-rio-grande-into-us\/\">New York Post<\/a>, officials stated that the two children were Mexican nationals, and the mother was from Guatemala.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of this small child,\u201d said Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Austin L. Skero II in the release. \u201cDuring these hard times our agents remain resilient, and I am extremely proud of their efforts to preserve human life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Customs and Border Protection release states that \u201cDel Rio Sector Border Patrol agents have rescued over 500 migrants attempting to illegally enter the country\u201d since the beginning of the Fiscal Year 2021, October 1st.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/26\/9-year-old-mexican-girl-drowns-crossing-rio-grande-into-us\/\">The New York Post<\/a> reports that this is the third drowning of a Mexican migrant to be reported at the border in less than two weeks. \u201cLast week, two migrants perished near the Texas border town of Laredo,\u201d per the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>The surge of migrants at the border has created a crisis for the Biden administration, with many people focusing specifically on the influx of children and unaccompanied minors attempting to enter the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/az-mayor-declares-state-of-emergency-as-biden-policy-allows-explosion-of-unknown-illegals-into-town\">The Daily Wire reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"23\">\n<p><em>There are an estimated 7,700 children in the care of the Department of Health and Human Services at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to Newsweek.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire reported Monday that an internal leaked document from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed that nearly 1,000 child migrants have been kept in border detention facilities for longer than 10 days, which is far longer than the 72-hour maximum amount of time children are supposed to be housed in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The crisis, however, has gone largely under the radar in the mainstream press until this weekend via leaked images. The Biden administration has reportedly put what\u2019s effectively a \u201cgag order\u201d on Border Patrol agents with the media, according to sources. The Biden administration has denied the \u201cgag order\u201d reports.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gop-traffickers-cartel-members-border-rio-grande-tour\">Fox News<\/a> reports that a group of Republican lawmakers visited the southern border this week, releasing photos and videos of what they experienced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">At a press conference, Republican Senator Ted Cruz from Texas said, \u201cThis is inhumane, it is wrong, and it is the direct consequence of policy decisions by the Biden administration to stop building the wall, to return to catch-and-release, and to end the stay-in-Mexico policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) tweeted photos from the United States side of the Rio Grande, saying, \u201cThe inflow has gotten so bad, @CBP [U.S. Customs and Border Protection] has put arrows on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande directing immigrants to the processing facilities. Here is a picture of immigrants who just crossed the border following the arrows.\u201d Thillis also tweeted a photo of babies, who he says \u201chad been handed over by smugglers.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.5572519083969\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here are babies handed over by smugglers. Babies. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bECBwBvwvd\">pic.twitter.com\/bECBwBvwvd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Thom Tillis (@SenThomTillis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenThomTillis\/status\/1375508732713443332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Biden administration is moving to create more facilities for the increase in migrants at the southern border. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/25\/politics\/migrant-children-military-sites-texas\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> reports that it \u201cis setting up two more emergency intake sites that combined will provide more than 5,000 beds,\u201d and according to a memo sent to federal agencies by the Office of Personnel Management and obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/biden-hhs-volunteer-border-crisis-child-migrant-d9ed50ab-5630-4018-b3d0-2f46e14ecea7.html\">Axios<\/a>, the Biden administration is asking for more federal volunteers to help with the increase of unaccompanied minors, as well.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a statement released on Thursday, U.S. Border Patrol agents confirmed that a 9-year-old girl drowned while attempting to enter the United States by way of the Rio Grande River.According &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311231,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3864.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"9-Year-Old Mexican Girl Drowns Trying To Cross Border Into U.S.","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3864.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"9-Year-Old Mexican Girl Drowns Trying To Cross Border Into U.S.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}