Anger as another migrant child dies in US custody

US Customs and Border Protection announced medical checks on all children in its custody following the death of an eight-year-old Guatemalan migrant -- the second child fatality in American detention this month.

Guatemala called for an investigation into the boy's death and some US lawmakers angrily denounced the Trump administration's immigration policy.

The boy, identified by Texas congressman Joaquin Castro as Felipe Alonzo Gomez, had been transferred to a New Mexico medical center showing signs of sickness on Monday, the agency said Tuesday.

Staff diagnosed him with a cold but later discovered a fever. He was released at midday, with prescriptions for ibuprofen and the antibiotic amoxicillin.

Alonzo, who was with his apprehended father, was later transferred back to the hospital suffering from nausea and vomiting. He died on Monday, just before midnight.

The news of the boy's death triggered outrage among lawmakers.

"The Administration's policy of turning people away from legal ports of entry ... is putting families and children in great danger," Castro, chairman elect of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said in a statement.

"Heartbroken and sickened by this news," Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico wrote on Twitter.

The boy's death came on the same day that Jakelin Caal, a Guatemalan girl who died in US custody under similar circumstances earlier this month, was buried.