Veronica EscobarVerified account

While there's still so much we don't know about why Jakelyn died, and we won't know until the autopsy is complete, here's what we do know: 1. More families are being pushed out to remote, rural, dangerous areas of the border, and this is an area where they are crossing;

2. Border Patrol and Customs Border Protection personnel don't have the training, resources or facilities to deal with families, especially children crossing the border. They need EMT training, medical equipment, better cell phone coverage, facilities w/ cots and kitchens;

3. This administration has made a challenging situation MUCH worse by using cruelty as a deterrent, hoping that Central American immigrants will just go away, refusing to see that until we address the root causes of migration, it will only continue to grow;

4. The CBP policy of blocking asylum-seekers is further exacerbating the challenge, creating yet another humanitarian crisis on the other side of our ports of entry where families wait in limbo for their turn in line;