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Steven Gerrard has handed American duo Matt Polster and Andrew Gutman the chance to win a move to Rangers

The Ibrox boss knows ex-Chicago Fire midfielder Polster from his own time playing in MLS with LA Galaxy

Polster, 25, who can also play in defence, has been capped once by the USA. He missed much of the last MLS season after undergoing medial ligament surgery but is now fit and hoping to impress Gerrard during a week-long trial

The Rangers boss has also handed a trial to Indiana University's free-scoring left back Gutman

The 22-year-old is rated by many as the best player currently operating in the American college soccer system

Gerrard said: 'We have a couple of trialists over from the US who are looking for the next challenge in their career

We were asked if we wanted to have a look at them and it made sense.'I know one of them because I played against him in MLS - Matt Polster, who played for Chicago Fire and who I know is a good player

'Andrew Gutman is from the college system and very highly thought of so we're going to have a look at the two of them for seven or eight days

'We'll see how they do and if we like them we'll try and do it as soon as possible

'Meanwhile, Gerrard insisted that Liverpool attacker Ovie Ejaria's decision to cut short his loan spell at Ibrox will not have an adverse effect on recruiting future promising players from his former club

'It will have no effect at all,' he said. 'Liverpool thanked us for giving Ovie an opportunity

We gave him the platform to play football - 25 games, 11 in Europe. He wore the No 10 jersey for Rangers in front of 51,000 fans

That's an incredible opportunity for a young kid who's frustrated at not getting game time at Liverpool

'Liverpool were very respectful and thankful to us for that opportunity and the feeling's mutual, because they gave us the opportunity to play him in all these games

There was no fall-out.'Does Ovie leaving free up cash for bringing in new players? It makes us a little bit lighter so possibly, yeah

'I don't know if I will be looking at loans or longer-term deals in January. It might be a mix

'But in an ideal situation players will come here for longer than a loan. That's always the priority - to find players who are going to come here for a long time

'Gerrard played down the latest reports linking him with a move for Liverpool striker Dominic Solanke, who is also interesting Crystal Palace

'I haven't heard Dominic Solanke say he wants to leave Liverpool. I haven't heard Liverpool say they want him to leave, so there's nothing really to say about it

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Can The President of the United States Go To Jail? - Duration: 6:55.

"America is great because she is good.

If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great," wrote French political

scientist Alexis de Tocqueville in his 1835 book, "Democracy in America".

The USA, he believed, offered equality that was not seen in other nations.

The founding fathers of the U.S. had created a form of ruling that was not able to be tyrannical,

that was chosen by the people and served the people, and if it failed to do so it would

be removed.

This America was a long way from absolute monarchies and from authoritarian government

presided over by powerful dictators.

It was supposed to embody what Thomas Jefferson wrote in the U.S Declaration of Independence,

that, "all men are created equal."

With that in mind, welcome to this episode of the Infographics Show, Can a U.S. President

Go to Jail?

If all men are created equal, perhaps that means that all men should be treated as equals

when it comes to matters of justice.

That's why there are laws, and no people in a democracy should be immune to punishment.

We could argue that the scales of justice do seem to be tipped in favor of those that

have more money, to avoid close scrutiny by law enforcement or to hire brilliant legal

teams to perhaps undo wrongdoings.

Notwithstanding the sometimes mindboggling chicanery a very wealthy person might employ

to get them out of trouble, everyone in the USA should be answerable to the same laws.

This must mean an American president can surely go to jail, or prison.

Just so you know, jail and prison are sometimes interchangeable words, but in the USA, jail

is usually the place you go to for a short stint before you have a court hearing or you're

just serving a very short sentence.

Prison is the place you go to after you've been convicted of a crime.

Ok, so first of all, a "What If" question.

What if a U.S. President lost his mind and ran out of the White House stark naked and

then started plunging a recently-procured White House kitchen knife into astounded tourists?

Could that President be charged and convicted of a number of crimes, say, attempted murder,

murder, and perhaps public indecency.

It's not all that simple.

When the writers of the constitution drafted their timeless piece, they had to think of

what would happen if a president went off the rails and committed a crime, or crimes.

Such wrongdoing, they said, might be "Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and misdemeanors."

If that should happen, they said, first there would be impeachment by the House of Representatives

and then it would be up to the Senate to convict the wrongdoer.

What this could mean is while the president is still in power, he can't be indicted,

meaning the cops couldn't just turn up outside the White House, taser the wayward leader,

and detain him in one the city's finest jails until he had his day in court.

He first would have to be impeached and then removed from office.

That would take some time.

After he has been removed, according to the constitution, he, or she, will "be liable

and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law."

But it is complicated.

If we look at the crime we described, it is perhaps too unbelievable to even discuss.

But would he be prosecuted if it happened?

One professor at Yale wrote this, "The framers implicitly immunized a sitting president from

ordinary criminal prosecution."

So again, he would have to be impeached first.

We don't really know what would happen in this case; perhaps an assumed enemy would

be blamed for somehow being able to control the mind of the president.

We can safely say the President would be removed from active duties, although somewhere along

the proceedings the public would be told something nefarious had happened.

He'd probably be judged insane as a result of dark outside influences.

We really don't know, and unfortunately no sources online have discussed the possibility

of such a heinous crime.

But this is an extreme case, so let's look at something more down-to-Earth.

If we look at what was called high crime, that's different.

High crimes are usually things like perjury, bribery, abuse of power.

These things we certainly can imagine a president doing.

According to U.S. legal scholar, Ronald Rotunda, if the President committed one of these high

crimes, he'd face the law.

Rotunda wrote, while investigating former President Clinton, "It is proper, constitutional,

and legal for a federal grand jury to indict a sitting president for serious criminal acts

that are not part of, and are contrary to, the president's official duties.

In this country, no one, even President Clinton, is above the law."

Still, others disagree.

Time magazine in 2018 featured a story written by the former principal lawyer for Vice President

Spiro Agnew.

He wrote, "An imperial Presidency was the worst fear of the Founders."

As we said, the founders knew tyranny was always bound to happen when one person, or

group, had too much power and attendant impunity.

The constitution had to preclude that this tyranny, or corruption, never could happen.

The writer states again that first the president would have to be impeached, then removed,

and he would then possibly face prison.

It's just never happened.

The Atlantic also wrote a story in 2018, asking if a sitting president could be indicted.

That writer said there was no clear answer.

He decided to ask the question to six well-known legal scholars, regarding if a sitting president

could be indicted.

Four answered.

Three said no and one said yes.

The writer turned to academics, and many answers came back, some saying that indicting a president

would just be too disruptive.

Another disagreed, saying the constitution was written so that such a disruption, when

needed, could occur.

Another said that no expert can answer the question, stating that one could only have

an opinion on this matter.

There is no airtight legal framework that can guarantee an answer.

We apologize that we can't ascertain a clear answer to the question in this show, but it

seems there is nobody out there who knows.

The constitution was written so that a president could face the law as you and I do, but while

in office it would seem that indicting a president would be very hard to do.

That seems wrong to some, because if the founders had wanted to give immunity to presidents,

that would have explicitly been written into the constitution.

Perhaps the constitution should have some small print where it says, "All men are

created equal."

In that small print we can read, "Subject to change without notice.

Not applicable outside of warranty."

Is that too cynical?

What do you think about all this?

Tell us in the comments.

Also, be sure to check out our other show The President's Escape Plan If The US Is Attacked.

Thanks for watching, and as always, don't forget to like, share and subscribe.

See you next time.

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WILLIAM BRANGHAM: The partial government shutdown ended its first full week today, with no signs

of negotiations before the new year and the new Congress.

President Trump insisted again today that any spending bill to reopen the government

must include billions of dollars in funding for a southern border wall.

He wrote on Twitter that -- quote -- "We will be forced to close the southern border entirely

if there's no money for the wall."

The president has also cited the case of Gustavo Perez Arriaga, an illegal immigrant accused

of killing a policeman in Northern California.

He was arrested today in Bakersfield.

In Modesto, the sheriff of Stanislaus County, where the killing occurred, said California's

sanctuary law blocked any prior effort to have the man deported.

ADAM CHRISTIANSON, Stanislaus County, California, Sheriff: Based on two arrests for DUI and

some other active warrants that this criminal has out there, law enforcement would have

been prevented, prohibited from sharing any information with ICE about this criminal gang

member.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is not how you protect a community.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Investigators say Officer Ronil Singh was shot and killed after he pulled

Perez Arriaga over for allegedly drunk driving.

New Mexico officials now say a Guatemalan boy had the flu when he died in federal detention

on Christmas Eve.

Eight-year-old Felipe Alonzo-Gomez was the second child to die this month while in the

custody of Border Patrol.

He had been held in New Mexico, but passed away at a hospital in El Paso, Texas.

Meanwhile, the secretary of homeland security, Kirstjen Nielsen, visited El Paso today to

discuss the case with officials.

In Syria, the danger of new fighting escalated at a key town where U.S. troops have been

supporting Kurdish fighters.

Syrian forces arrived near Manbij, apparently to aid the Kurds against a possible attack

by Turkey.

The Turks consider the Kurds terrorists.

But a Turkish buildup also continued, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan brushed aside

Syria's move.

RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President (through translator): We know there is a situation

where their Syrian flag has been hoisted, but there is nothing confirmed that serious

yet.

Our entire aim is to make terror organizations leave the area.

If terror organizations leave, then there is no work left for us anyway.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: These Syrian and Turkish military movements have accelerated since

President Trump announced last week that U.S. troops will leave Syria.

Right now, about 2,200 are deployed there.

Crews in Indonesia struggled today again to reach an erupting volcano and assess the dangers

of a new tsunami.

Bad weather and an enormous cloud of volcanic ash spewing a mile high hampered the effort

for a second day.

The eruptions triggered a monster wave last Saturday that killed 426 people.

More than 40,000 others are still displaced.

Back in this country, flood warnings were out today from Louisiana to New Jersey, as

a powerful storm dumped heavy rain.

It had already sent up to a foot of rain rushing through the streets of Columbia, Mississippi,

today.

The downpours moved north and east.

Meanwhile, another storm brought blizzard conditions across the Dakotas and Minnesota.

Wells Fargo will pay $575 million in a settlement over the fake accounts the bank opened in

customers' names.

The agreement, made public today includes all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

The company admitted in 2015 that employees opened millions of fake accounts in order

to meet sales goals.

It has already been ordered to pay more than $1.2 billion in penalties.

And Wall Street's rally ended today.

The Dow Jones industrial average lost 76 points to close at 23062.

The Nasdaq fell five points, and the S&P 500 slipped three.

For the week, the Dow and the S&P gained nearly 3 percent.

The Nasdaq gained nearly 4 percent.

Still to come on the "NewsHour": the Trump administration rolls back environmental regulations

on coal plants; the world's worst humanitarian crisis, the famine in Yemen; analysis from

Michael Gerson and Jonathan Capehart on the week's political news; and much more.

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The 2-year-old son of a Yemeni woman who sued the Trump administration to let her into the country to be with the ailing boy has died

 The Council on American-Islamic Relations announced Friday that Abdullah Hassan had died in an Oakland hospital

He suffered from a genetic brain condition. Advertisement >  The boy's father brought him to the United States for medical treatment in October

His mother Shaima Swileh remained behind in their Egypt home. The boy and his father are U

S. citizens, but Swileh is not.  Yemeni citizens are restricted from entering the United States under President Trump's travel ban

She applied for a waiver in 2017, but U.S. officials only granted it in December after the council had sued

 Swileh held her son for the first time in the hospital on Dec. 19.

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 In a burst of early morning tweets, the president said the alternative to funding his controversial wall project would be total separation from Mexico — including making US car companies pull out their factories based on the other side of the frontier

 The threat yet again upped the ante in a political row that has led to a partial shutdown of the US government and seems set to dominate the start to the third year of Trump's presidency

 "We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall," Trump tweeted

 Trump said he would then take US-Mexican relations back to the days before the NAFTA agreement opened free trade across Canada, Mexico and the United States

 That would "bring our car industry back into the United States where it belongs," he said

 It was not clear how separating the two huge neighbours would work. Bilateral trade totalled an estimated $US615

9 billion ($A874.3 billion) in 2017, according to US government figures. Neither did Trump make any mention of the new free trade agreement, known as the USMCA, which he only recently signed with the two neighbouring countries to replace NAFTA and which he has repeatedly praised as a huge boost for American commerce

 In Mexico, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sidestepped Trump's threat, telling journalists: "We don't want to be imprudent and we don't think we should get into this

" THE $5 BILLION QUESTION Trump wants $US5 billion ($A7 billion) in funding for a wall along the more than 3218-kilometre border, which he says is currently too porous to stop illegal immigration and which he claims has become a magnet for criminals, drugs and even terrorists

 Opponents — especially in the Democratic party but also some in Trump's Republican party — say that a physical wall is impractical and that the idea is being used as a political tool to whip up xenophobia in Trump's right-wing voter base

 Both sides have dug in. Democrats refuse to approve funding and the president — who has made hard line immigration policies a centrepiece of his presidency — has retaliated by refusing to sign off on a wider spending bill, leaving some 800,000 federal employees without pay

 Negotiations on lifting that partial government shutdown, perhaps by providing some border security funding, have sputtered out and no new debate is scheduled before next Wednesday

 The president, who had already scrapped a Christmas visit to his Florida golf resort, has also "cancelled his plans for New Year's," his incoming chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, said on Fox News

 Asked about the startling rhetoric, Mulvaney told Fox that Trump "is trying to draw light to the fact this is a crazy discussion to be having

" For one Republican Congress member, Brad Wenstrup, the paralysis over the wall reflected "a lot of political posturing

" "I would hope that it could be ended soon," he told CNN television. "If you sit down and talk about that, why is that such a hard thing to do?" DEMOCRATS BLAMED AS LEADER IN HAWAII House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is spending the holidays in Hawaii, as a partial government shutdown grinds on with no resolution in sight

 Fox News confirmed that Pelosi, the House speaker-designate, is vacationing in Kona, Hawaii, and was seen there Thursday as well as Friday morning

 Pelosi is poised to become speaker of the House again after Democrats officially retake the majority of the House next week

 Because of the partial government shutdown – which went into effect a week ago – President Trump cancelled plans to spend Christmas in Florida, and stayed at the White House

 White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said on Fox & Friends that Trump is also nixing his plans for New Year's because of the shutdown

 "He cancelled his plans for Christmas, now he's canceled his plans for New Year's," Mulvaney said

"The president is very heavily engaged in this." Though Pelosi is in Hawaii, her office has continued to release press statements over the shutdown

 "Democrats have offered Republicans three options to re-open government that all include funding for strong, sensible, and effective border security – but not the President's immoral, ineffective and expensive wall," Drew Hammill, Pelosi's deputy chief of staff, said Friday

"With the House Majority, Democrats will act swiftly to end the Trump Shutdown, and will fight for a strategic, robust national security policy, including strong and smart border security, and strong support for our servicemembers and veterans

" CARAVAN 'INVASION' Experts are divided on solutions to policing the long, often inhospitable border separating the world's biggest economy from the far poorer countries to its south

 Although there is a huge cross-border drug trade and immigrants often enter illegally, others have genuine claims for asylum

Central Americans are also deeply integrated in the US economy, often performing physically demanding, low-pay jobs in construction, agriculture and other vital sectors

 Trump has consistently painted the asylum seekers and economic migrants in outlandish terms, raising the spectre of rapists, gang members and people with infectious diseases roaming freely across the border

 Trump has latched particularly on to what have become known as the "caravans" — groups of several hundred or even more migrants who make epic treks across Central America and Mexico to try to reach the United States

 According to Trump, the "caravans" amount to organised attempts at invading the United States

 In one tweet Friday, Trump warned: "word is that a new Caravan is forming in Honduras and they are doing nothing about it

" As a result, he said, "we will be cutting off all aid" to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras

 The impoverished, often dangerous countries have long received American assistance to boost democracy, human rights, education and security

 But according to State Department figures, the aid is already dropping steeply. Honduras is currently set to receive $US65

7 million ($A93.2 million) in 2019, down from $US105.6 ($A149.9 million) million in 2017, while Guatemala is slated for $US69

4 million ($A98.5 million), down from $US145 million ($205.8 million). El Salvador received $US88 ($A124

9 million) million in 2017 and is set for $45.7 million ($A64.8 million) next year

 Mr Trump tweeted on Friday morning: "We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely," unless a funding deal is reached with "the Obstructionist Democrats

" Mr Trump's demand for money to build the border wall and Democrats' refusal to give him what he wants has caused the shutdown that is nearly a week old

 Congress adjourned for the week without a resolution in sight. The shutdown is idling hundreds of thousands of federal workers and beginning to pinch citizens who count on some public services

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Parkland parents channel their grief at childrens deaths into advocacy US news

The families of the 17 students shot dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school do not always agree on gun control but are campaigning in their children's name

The families of the 17 students shot dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school do not always agree on gun control but are campaigning in their children's name

In the months following the murder of 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school on Valentine's Day, the teenage survivors of the massacre became the vanguard for change. Their March for Our Lives movement motivated millions to protest and to cast the votes that ousted scores of gun lobby-supporting politicians in the midterm elections.

But while the younger generation has been in the spotlight, the families of the victims have been pursuing their own advocacy agendas.

Banding together into a foundation demanding school safety reforms, serving as commissioners on the official inquiry into the shooting, winning election to the county school board and assisting Donald Trump's efforts to improve campus security nationwide, the bereaved parents have found ways to speak up for their children.

"We've been given this voice through the loss of our loved ones, in my case my daughter Gina," said Tony Montalto, president of Stand With Parkland, the organisation founded by all 17 victims' families. "Focused on the safety of our children and staff at school, improved mental health support, and responsible firearms ownership", the group seeks to work with politicians, educators and law enforcement.

"It's something I feel I need to do," Montalto said, "because as we've watched our country drift further apart, to the far left and far right, I realised there's a voice that's missing, and that's from the folks in the middle, the ideological middle of the country.

"We understand where the extremes are and understand the passion those people have, but that doesn't mean the people in the middle don't have passion, that the people who want to sit down and talk and listen shouldn't have a voice.

"There's certainly anger at the failures that occurred, there's anger someone would do this to our loved ones, to my little girl. [But] that coming together, that compromise, is what we need to do to start healing things here in America."

Several Parkland parents were consulted for Trump's federal school safety review that was released this month. Stand With Parkland, however, was less than enthusiastic in its backing for certain elements of it. While the 177-page document looked into campus security, school disciplinary policies and procedures and improving access to mental health services, and said the controversial proposal to arm teachers was a decision best made by states and school districts, the report also downplayed the role of guns in school shootings.

"It's a little light on the firearms piece," Montalto said. "I'm not saying we're disappointed, we're saying we need more. We need to take the gains we can get today, take the things we can agree on and enact laws and policies that our going to keep our children and staff members safe at school. Then we'll come back another day and work on the other things."

Andrew Pollack, whose daughter Meadow, 18, was among the Parkland victims, has worked with the White House and this month was appointed by the Republican governor-elect, Ron DeSantis, to a 45-member public safety panel. Also on the committee are Max Schachter, father of Alex, 14, and Ryan Petty, father of Alaina, also 14. Both also serve on the MSD public safety commission that will report to the outgoing governor, Rick Scott, before the end of the year.

Pollack is one of the most outspoken of the Parkland parents. He has blasted the Broward county sheriff, Scott Israel, and the school board for their response to the tragedy, and often finds himself at odds with other families advocating for stricter gun laws.

"The easy thing is just to point the fingers at guns, that's why I had to get involved," he said. "When everyone else was focused on gun control the president listened to me, put the commission together, came up with all these recommendations. His policymakers and cabinet members indulged into school safety and he focused on the facts. And now these recommendations will change education for every child in this country.

"For me, I go to the cemetery and I look at my daughter's headstone. That's what I do now. But I'm advocating for other parents and children so this doesn't happen again, and for the quality of the education they get in the future."

Petty, another vocal critic of the school board, lost his bid for election to it in August. But Lori Alhadeff, mother of Alyssa, 14, was elected by Parkland voters in a landslide and took her seat in November.

"Her death empowered me to want to run," Alhadeff, who holds a master's degree in education, told the Sun-Sentinel. "I know Alyssa would be so proud, and I want to make sure what happened to my daughter doesn't happen to another family."

Other parents have set up foundations to support their advocacy and the memories of their children. Fred Guttenberg, a frequent detractor of the National Rifle Association on social media, founded Orange Ribbons for Jaime to support causes important to his daughter, 14, including dance and "those dedicated to pursuing common sense gun safety reforms".

Manuel Oliver, father of Joaquin, 17, uses art to promote Change the Ref, an advocacy group founded in his son's honour to empower future leaders. In an emotional moment last month, Oliver spoke alongside a life-size statue of Joaquin onstage in Cape Town, as the students of March for Our Lives accepted the international children's peace prize.

"Joaquin has a voice through art, he is an activist and not a victim," he said. "We work along with Joaquin, we work supported by Joaquin's legacy and his presence through art, through his cultures. Joaquin's always there and that helps us with the side that we don't have our son any more. Physically we don't, but emotionally he's right there stronger than ever.

"By practicing the idea that Joaquin is an activist by bringing him to the places that we are, people understand that as something that is really happening. It's not someone who's alive and speaking out, this is a more powerful force coming from this kid that is still here and he's able to fight back. I love that feeling."

Despite their political differences, and an increasing number of commitments, the Parkland families meet when they have the opportunity.

"The real strength we have comes from sticking together," Montalto said. "There's plenty of tears go around, sometimes when we're together, sometimes when we're not. It's a challenge every day. We're not moving on, we're just moving around.

"I walk by Gina's empty bedroom every day and wish she was there."

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Two Guatemalan children who died recently have shone a light on the treatment of immigrants detained by authorities

Two Guatemalan children who died recently have shone a light on the treatment of immigrants detained by authorities

The deaths of two Guatemalan children in US government custody have sparked outrage and cast a spotlight on the treatment of immigrants detained by authorities.

Felipe Gómez Alonzo, an eight-year-old boy, died on Christmas Eve. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) subsequently ordered medical checks on every child in its custody. The boy had been moved through at least four holding facilities and suffered from a fever and vomiting.

Weeks earlier, Jakelin Caal, a seven-year-old Guatemalan girl who crossed the border with her father, died less than two days after being apprehended by the border patrol.

The two children are not the only immigrants to die in 2018 in custody, either in CBP facilities or at detention centers run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice).

In May, a 19-month-old girl, Mariee Juárez, died weeks after being released from a family detention center in Dilley, Texas. Her mother, Yazmin Juárez, who traveled from Guatemala with her daughter, is suing the government, saying poor medical care at the facility led to her daughter's death.

The baby girl was healthy when she arrived at Dilley but she developed a fever of 104.2F, vomiting and diarrhea while there, according to the complaint. She spent weeks at New Jersey hospitals after the family was released but doctors were unable to save her.

A five-month-old girl from Honduras who traveled with the migrant caravan was hospitalized with pneumonia after spending days in a freezing cell at a border facility, her mother told BuzzFeed. The baby survived.

At least 12 people have died in Ice custody at adult detention centers this year, according to information released by Ice and compiled by the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

The cases include:

Mergensana Amar, a 40-year-old Russian national, died in November when he was removed from life support 11 days after trying to kill himself in his cell at the Northwest Detention Center. Amar tried to hang himself after being removed from a brief suicide watch that began when guards found a rope under his bed, according to the Washington Post. Amar had participated in a hunger strike; he died in the same month he was scheduled to be deported. "I would prefer to die on this soil than go back to Russia," he told a Human Rights Watch researcher, according to a report on the news site Crosscut.

Zeresenay Ermias Testfatsion, 34 of Eritrea, died in an apparent suicide at an Egyptian airport, as he was being transported back to his home country. Testfatsion was found dead in a shower area in June while in detention at Cairo international airport, according to Ice. He was arrested at the Hidalgo, Texas, border crossing and had sought asylum, saying he was afraid to return to his country.

Roxana Hernández, a transgender woman from Honduras, died in May in Ice custody in New Mexico. She was hospitalized with symptoms of pneumonia, dehydration and complications associated with HIV. Her death prompted protests, with civil rights groups calling her treatment negligent. "During her first week in the United States, Roxy's body and spirit quickly deteriorated," said the immigrant rights groups Pueblo Sin Fronteras, Al Otro Lado and Diversidad Sin Fronteras. "Roxy died due to medical negligence by US immigration authorities."

Yulio Castro-Garrido, 33, a Cuban national, died after being found to have pneumonia and slipping into a coma. His family asked for an investigation, saying he was healthy before being locked up at a detention center in Georgia. "It is just so unfair that he went there in full health, full of dreams, full of everything that an immigrant has to be better in this country and he just came out as a dead body," his brother, Frank Suarez Garrido, told the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Huy Chi Tran, 47, died at a detention center in Arizona while awaiting deportation to Vietnam. He was a legal permanent resident of the US, but had been ordered deported following a conviction for aggravated assault.

A Human Rights Watch report released in June found that in more than half of the 15 deaths in Ice custody it reviewed, which occurred from from December 2015 through April 2017, inadequate medical care contributed or led to the death.

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Guatemalan boy who died in U.S. custody tested positive for influenza The Washington Post

The 8 year old Guatemalan boy who died in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody this month tested positive for influenza, a highly contagious respiratory virus that physicians warn could spread easily in jails and other crowded facilities.

The New Mexico medical examiners office said this week that Felipe Gomez Alonzo, who was the this month, tested positive for influenza B, but officials said the cause of death is still pending additional testing.

We appreciate the publics understanding that this investigation must not be rushed to ensure thorough observations and accurate conclusions about how this child died, the medical examiners office said. We extend our condolences to his family and loved ones.

A cause has not yet been determined in the death of 7 year old Jakelin Caal earlier this month.

The test results for Felipe come amid mounting questions surrounding his care, and rising calls for the Department of Homeland Security to stop detaining immigrant children in facilities where disease can spread.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman said they released Felipes father, 47 year old Agustin Gomez Perez on his own recognizance Thursday , after his impoverished family in Guatemala begged for his release so he could work and send money home. On Friday, the family urged officials to return Felipes remains so they can bury him.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has ordered investigations of the deaths and additional health screenings of children, and asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to examine why more migrants appear to be getting sick. Nielsen was to tour border facilities in El Paso and Yuma, Ariz., on Friday and Saturday to examine conditions, but she did not allow reporters to attend and did not report on her findings.

The CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services did not answer questions about their efforts this week.

Colleen A. Kraft, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said the flu could easily spread in the crowded air conditioned facilities where migrants are often detained, and urged federal officials to release the children. She called such conditions a recipe for disaster.

Four child deaths from the flu were reported to the CDC last week, bringing the seasons total to 11 for children. Ten of those deaths were linked to influenza A, and one was influenza B, which was not Felipes case.

In El Paso, where immigration officials have unexpectedly released hundreds of migrants in recent days, two adult migrants are hospitalized with the flu, said Robert Resendes of the El Paso Health Department.

A 1 year old was also taken to the emergency room with respiratory illness Friday and given a prescription for Tamiflu, which is used to treat the flu, said Ruben Garcia, executive director of El Pasos Annunciation House, a nonprofit that provides temporary shelter to migrants.

ICE said it has released hundreds of migrants in recent months in part because of a 20 day court imposed limit on how long it can detain children.

In El Paso, Garcia said a handful of migrants in his area have required trips to the emergency room.

Most of the ER visits have been in relation to fevers and congestion, which you would normally associate with colds and flu, he said.

ICE spokeswoman Liz Johnson said they have curtailed reviews of post release plans from families apprehended along the southwest border so that they can release them before the courts deadline.

Previously, the agency released family members after ensuring they had travel arrangements to reach a relative or another destination in the United States.

ICE is redoubling its efforts to work with local and state officials and NGO partners in the area so they are prepared to provide assistance with transportation or other services, she said.

Flu killed and hospitalized more people in the United States last winter than . About 80,000 people died in the 2017 2018 season, including 180 children, according to the CDC.

The CDC is sending influenza response teams to the U.S. Mexico border region in Texas and Arizona, Resendes said.

Moore reported from El Paso. Lena Sun contributed to this report.

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 Donald Trump has threatened to close the entire southern U

S. border with Mexico unless he gets the money he wants for his wall

 When the Democrats take control of the U

S. House of Representatives on Thursday, they plan to quickly approve a spending measure meant to end a partial government shutdown

 The shutdown began on December 22, triggered by the President's demand for $5 billion (£3

9 billion) in funding for his proposed border wall

 Democrats have made clear that the House measure, which would then have to go to the Republican-controlled Senate, will not include $5 billion Trump says is needed for the wall, a central part of his tougher positions on immigration than his predecessors

 "Democrats are united against the president's immoral, ineffective and expensive wall

that he specifically promised that Mexico would pay for," Nancy Pelosi's spokesman Drew Hammill said, referring to a Trump 2016 presidential campaign pledge

Melania Trump's flesh-coloured trousers create awkward optical illusion    Trump has previously threatened to close the border to prevent Central American immigrants reaching the United States

Asked about Trump's threat on Friday, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told reporters it was an internal U

S. government matter.  Lopez Obrador added, however: "Of course we will always defend our sovereignty

We will always protect migrants, defend their human rights

"  Whether Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, Pelosi and Trump can find a way forward to fully reopen the government will say a lot about the next two years of divided government

 A close congressional ally of Trump's on Friday sent a tweet suggesting more partisan confrontation lies ahead

"To Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrats: No Wall Money, No Deal," Republican Senator Lindsey Graham wrote on Twitter

   The dispute over Trump's wall has led to the shutdown of "non-essential" operations at numerous agencies because of lack of funding, including the departments of Agriculture, Homeland Security, Interior, Transportation, Commerce and Justice

 Trump is demanding that Congress include his $5 billion in legislation that must be passed to restore funding to the agencies that expired at midnight on December 21

 Firing off angry tweets from the White House early on Friday, the president widened his demands

   "We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall & also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our Country is saddled with," Trump tweeted

"Either we build (finish) the Wall or we close the Border

"  Earlier this month, Trump said he would be "proud" to shut down the government over border security

 But since the shutdown started, he has tried to blame Democrats

In television interviews on Friday, Trump aides said Democrats have refused to negotiate over the matter

 "We're here, and they know where to find us," White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said in an interview with Fox News Channel

"Where is Chuck Schumer? Where is Nancy Pelosi? They're not even talking right now," he said

UK issues blunt slapdown to Donald Trump for pulling US troops out of Syria    Schumer is the top Democrat in the Senate

Pelosi's spokesman said the White House has not reached out formally to her since December 11, when she and Schumer had a contentious, televised Oval Office meeting with Trump

 Pelosi is expected to become speaker of the House on January 3 because Democrats won a House majority in November's elections

 Since their victory, House Democrats have talked about seeking common ground with Republicans, while also promising numerous investigations of Trump, who has painted himself and Republicans in the Senate into a political corner

 Rejecting next week's spending measure from House Democrats would put a Republican stamp on the shutdown

But accepting it would mean backing away from Trump's proposed wall

 Pelosi and Schumer have been discussing three options for Democratic legislation, according to a senior Democratic aide

 One is a stop-gap funding bill that would run through February 8

 Another is six full 2019 appropriations bills for all but the Department of Homeland Security, which would be funded through a measure known as a continuing resolution maintaining current funding through September 30

 The third is a continuing resolution for all shuttered agencies that would expire on September 30

   The aide said the legislation expected for a full House vote on January 3 could be a variation on any of the three options

 According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday, 47 percent of Americans hold Trump responsible for the shutdown, while 33 percent blame Democrats in Congress

 The shutdown affects about 800,000 employees

Most of the federal government, which directly employs almost 4 million people, is unaffected

Even agencies that are affected never totally close, with "essential" workers still on the job

 Trump, who scrapped plans to spend Christmas at his private resort in Florida and stayed in Washington, has now also canceled his New Year's plans, Mulvaney said

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