Officials say Illinois will provide funeral and burial services for the migrant toddler who died last week on a bus headed to Chicago from Texas.
Welcoming centers offer comprehensive services for migrants. But Otwell said the family has not requested other help.
“Given the sensitivity of this tragic event, and the way migrancy has been unfortunately politicized, does not believe it is appropriate to share certain details, such as the exact center that has supported the family,” Otwell said. Gisela Gonzalez, who lives in Venezuela, said there was no indication that the child was in distress or needed medical attention before she apparently suffered cardiac arrest on the bus. She said Jismary’s parents faced down the treacherous Darien Gap and crossed five Central American countries and Mexico before turning themselves in at a U.S. immigration checkpoint.
Texas officials said that when the child became ill, the bus pulled to the side of the road and on-board security personnel called emergency responders. Paramedics assisted the girl, but she later died at a hospital.
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