White House: Administration Takes No Responsibility For Death Of Girl In Border Control Custody

A White House spokesman on Friday called the death of a 7-year-old girl in Border Control custody a “tragic situation” but said the Trump administration is not to blame and called on Congress to “disincentivize” migrants from making long treks to the southern U.S. border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Thursday that the unidentified girl from Guatemala died of dehydration and shock after she was taken into custody last week for crossing from Mexico into the United States illegally with her father and a large group of migrants along a remote span of New Mexico desert. Asked by a reporter if the administration is “taking any responsibility for the girl’s death,” White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said: “Does the administration take responsibility for a parent taking a child on a trek through Mexico to get to this country?