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Another Child Dies in Custody of U.S. Agents
又一兒童在美關押期間死亡
By Miriam Jordan
文/米里亞姆·喬丹
An 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died in United States custody early Christmas Day,
圣誕節當日凌晨，一名來自危地馬拉的8歲男孩在被美國政府拘禁期間死亡，
the second death of a child in detention at the southwest border in less than three weeks,
這已經是不到三周時間里美國西南邊境心發生的第二期兒童移民死亡事件了，
raising questions about the ability of federal agents running the crowded migrant border facilities to care for those who fall ill.
這一事件也讓民眾對聯邦特工在管理擁擠的移民邊境設施時照顧生病人員的能力產生了質疑。
The number of migrant families and unaccompanied minors journeying over land to the United States has swelled in the last year.
去年，通過陸路來到美國的移民家庭和舉目無親的未成年人人數激增。
Migrants are usually transferred to facilities designed to hold adults
在企圖非法入境或在入境口岸辦理手續時被聯邦當局逮捕后，
after being arrested by federal authorities while attempting to enter the country illegally or after being processed at a port of entry.
這些移民通常會被送到用于關押成年人的關押中心。
The boy, who has not been named, died just after midnight on Tuesday at a hospital in Alamogordo, N.M.,
周二午夜剛過，該男孩，姓名尚未透露，就在新墨西哥州阿拉莫戈多的一家醫院離開了人世，
where he and his father had been taken after a Border Patrol agent saw what appeared to be signs of sickness,
美國海關和邊境保護局在聲明中指出，當時，男孩和他父親之所以被送去了醫院，
according to United States Customs and Border Protection.
是因為一名邊境巡邏人員發現他疑似出現了生病的跡象，
His death follows that of a 7-year-old girl from the same country while also in the custody of the Border Patrol.
該男孩離世前，還有一名來自同一國家的7歲女孩在被邊境巡邏隊拘留期間死亡。
Much about the circumstances of the boy’s death remains unknown.
該男孩之死仍有很多細節未明。
It is not clear whether his condition was attributable to the care he received in the facilities,
他的死亡是他在關押中心沒有受到良好的照顧引起的，
the result of an arduous journey, or some combination of the two.
還是因為在路上遭罪太多，又或者兩種原因都有也不清楚。
The border facilities have absorbed more children than was ever intended when they were built,
關押中心收容的兒童數量遠遠超過了當初規劃的數量，
presenting challenges for those tasked with caring for migrant families.
為那些負責照顧非法移民家庭的工作人員增添了大量工作負擔，
At first, the boy was thought to have a cold,
起初，這個男孩被認為只是得了感冒，
but staff at the hospital, the Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center, later found that he also had a fever, according to the agency.
但據該機構稱，杰拉德·錢皮恩地區醫療中心的工作人員后來發現，他還發燒了。
He was held at the hospital for an additional 90 minutes for observation
后來，在留院觀察了90分鐘之后，
and then released on Monday afternoon with prescriptions for amoxicillin, a commonly prescribed antibiotic,
周一，醫生給男孩開了阿莫西林，一種常用的抗生素，
and ibuprofen, which is often used for relieving pain and reducing fever.
和布洛芬，經常用于緩解疼痛和退燒，之后就讓他出院了。
On Monday night, however, the boy grew nauseated and vomited,
然而，周一晚上，男孩開始惡心嘔吐，
prompting border authorities to take him back to the hospital, where he died.
邊境當局急忙將他送回了醫院，但他還是離開了人世。
The cause of death is not known, but an internal review will be conducted, according to the agency,
據該機構稱，男孩的死因尚不清楚，但他們會進行內部審查，
which said it had notified the government of Guatemala.
還說他們已經通知了危地馬拉政府。
Officials at the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to requests for additional information related to the boy’s death.
對于提供與男孩死亡有關的更多信息的要求，國土安全局的官員們并沒有立即作出回應。
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