86R36817 BPG-D
By: González of El Paso H.R. No. 2216
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The tragic deaths of six migrant children in federal
custody have brought immeasurable sorrow to their loved ones and to
this nation where they sought refuge; and
WHEREAS, On September 29, 2018, a 10-year-old girl from El
Salvador who had a history of congenital heart defects perished of
fever and respiratory distress; and
WHEREAS, Seven-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin died on December
8, 2018, in El Paso of a bacterial infection; and
WHEREAS, Felipe Alonzo Gómez, age eight, died on Christmas
Eve in El Paso from Influenza B and a bacterial infection; and
WHEREAS, On April 30, 2019, Juan de León Gutiérrez, age 16,
died in El Paso from a brain infection; and
WHEREAS, Two-year-old Wilmer Josué Ramírez Vázquez of
Guatemala died in El Paso on May 14, after being diagnosed with
pneumonia; and
WHEREAS, At the Weslaco Border Patrol Station, 16-year-old
Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vazquez, who was diagnosed with Influenza
A, died on May 20; and
WHEREAS, The United States has long been a beacon of liberty,
justice, and opportunity, and the loss of these six young lives
reminds us that our nation's ideals exert a powerful pull on those
hoping for a better life; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of the six migrant
children who died in federal custody between September 2018 and May
2019 and extend deepest condolences to all who mourn their passing.