A Chinese national believed to be in the United States illegally took her own life recently at a Border Patrol detention facility in Arizona.
On March 29, a 52-year-old Chinese woman — who had reportedly overstayed her B-1/B-2 visitor visa — fashioned a noose at the BP facility in Yuma and hanged herself. According to a statement from Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the woman did not receive medical attention “for nearly two hours.”
Jayapal also alleged that facility officials mishandled required wellness checks on the woman. Though logs showed that “multiple welfare checks were conducted,” a processing coordinator apparently indicated to the congresswoman that he did not conduct them. The Customs and Border Protection Office of Professional Responsibility was likewise “unable to verify” whether those checks even
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