Article snippet: The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) inspector general announced Friday it would investigate the death of a 7-year-old migrant girl who died after being taken into Border Patrol custody. The watchdog will investigate the circumstances surrounding the girl's death and release a report on its findings, the inspector general's office said in statement. The inspector general said it would also continue its unannounced inspections of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities. The Trump administration has said the 7-year-old girl from Guatemala died from dehydration and shock while in U.S. custody. Her death was first reported Thursday. She had crossed the border last week with her father and a group of other migrants and was taken into custody by Border Patrol in New Mexico. “My heart goes out to the family for all of DHS,” Homeland Secretary NBC News reported Friday that the girl was first treated an hour and a half after showing symptoms. “Unfortunately, despite our best efforts and the best efforts of the medical team treating the child, we were unable to stop this tragedy from occurring,” a DHS spokesperson said in a statement to The Hill. “Border Patrol agents took every possible step to save the child’s life under the most trying of circumstances. As fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, we empathize with the loss of any child.” As arrests at the border have skyrocketed this year, CBP and other... Link to the full article to read more