A 5-Year-Old Girl in Immigrant Detention Nearly Died of an Untreated Ruptured Appendix

Summary: The death of a Guatemalan child soon after leaving immigration detention made national news this week amid speculation that conditions in detention were responsible for her demise. It is not clear why 19-month-old Mariee Juárez became fatally ill, or if she suffered medical neglect at the South Texas Residential Center, the family detention center better known as “Dilley.