Commentary: Give young asylum-seekers access to pediatric care before more children die
by Deanna Behrens, Chicago Tribune
Aug 23, 2023
3 minutes
A 3-year-old toddler died this month in Illinois while on a bus on the way to her new home in Indiana. An 8-year-old child with sickle cell anemia died of influenza in May in Texas, as did a 17-year-old boy in Florida. These three children were all in the care of the United States. They all fled violence in their home countries. They were all asylum-seekers.
Jismary Alejandra Barboza González should have been celebrating her fourth birthday. She was one of
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