Federal Agencies, Agency Memos & Announcements
CBP Releases Interim Procedures on Notification of a Death in Custody
CBP released a policy memo providing policy and procedures to be followed for notifications related to the death of an individual in the custody of CBP to internal program officers, DHS, Congress, the public, international partners, and others.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 18121936.
Related Resources
- Southern Border Communities Coalition: Tracking Death and Abuse by Border Patrol
- The Washington Post: Border officials issue new prompt notification policy after migrant child's death went undisclosed - December 19, 2018
- The Washington Post: 7-year-old migrant girl taken into Border Patrol custody dies of dehydration, exhaustion - December 13, 2018