Overview

• Officials confirmed the death of a 17-year-old Honduran boy while in the custody of a shelter run by the Office of Refugee Resettlement in Florida.
• The boy's mother demands answers about how her son with no known illnesses could have died without warning in a shelter meant to care for unaccompanied migrant children.
• The cause of death is still unknown, though investigations have been opened by the medical examiner's office and at the request of the Honduran government.
• News of the boy's death comes amid concerns of growing numbers of unaccompanied minors arriving at the US-Mexico border with the end of a policy allowing for their rapid expulsion.
• The death is the first known case of a migrant child dying while in US custody during President Biden's administration.