Jakelin crossed into the USA with her 29-year-old father, Nery Caal, after traveling from Raxruha in Alta Verapaz, northern Guatemala.
CBP said she was "revived" in the helicopter that was flying her to a hospital in El Paso, "However, the child did not recover and died at the hospital less than 24 hours after being transported", the Post reported. Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers have more.
The first group to board was 50 unaccompanied alien children - minors traveling without parents - who under court orders are the Border Patrol's highest priority for care, absent other circumstances. It's an unforgiving terrain where Geronimo made his last stand and it remains largely isolated with no cell service and few paved roads.
At 6.25am the next day, while in custody, she started suffering seizures and a doctor took her temperature which was 105.7 degrees.
The Latest on the death of a 7-year-old migrant girl picked up along the U.S. -Mexico border (all times local): 12:30 p.m.
Food and water are commonly given to migrants in CBP custody, but it was not immediately clear whether the girl received any provisions before the seizures began.
The Border Patrol sent a bus from the nearest station, in Lordsburg, 90 minutes away. The girl died at about 12:30 a.m. December 8. That night, as elsewhere when large groups of parents with children appear at remote border outposts, US agents strained to accommodate the needs of those in their custody in that barren span of the New Mexico boot heel.
A third potential 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, Senator Jeff Merkley of OR, denounced the death of Jackeline Caal as "tragic and very bad", but said there was no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the Border Patrol officers.
There has been a drastic increase in arrests of migrants traveling as family groups this year, according to Homeland Security officials. They described initial screening forms signed by Nery Caal that said his daughter was healthy. She was breathing by machine and diagnosed with liver failure.
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When agents searched the cargo area, they found three bundles of alleged marijuana wrapped in aluminum inside gift bags.
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., said, "I'm joining with my Congressional colleagues to demand answers from this administration about how a young child died in CBP custody".
"I am deeply saddened by this girl's death".
The autopsy results could take weeks, according to Border Patrol.
There were also questions about why the CBP commissioner, Kevin McAleenan, did not mention Jakelin's death when he testified to the senate judiciary committee on Tuesday that the agency was struggling to deal with the large numbers of families and children crossing the border. "We can not stress enough the dangers posed by traveling long distances, in crowded transportation, or in the natural elements through remote desert areas without food, water and other supplies".
Hogan Gidley, the deputy White House press secretary, called the girl's death "a horrific, tragic situation" and "100% preventable".
Jason Chaffetz appeared on Fox News' Hannity on Friday night where he chose to use the death of a 7-year-old migrant girl as a warning for asylum seekers.
But Democrats in Congress assailed the administration's get-tough policies on immigrants attempting to cross the border illegally.
It also sparked concerns that the Trump administration's immigration crackdown has funnelled migrants into more risky areas along the border. They turned themselves in on December 6, immigration officials said.
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