Medical checks ordered after 2nd child immigrant dies

By NOMAAN MERCHANT
HOUSTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection have ordered medical checks on every child in its custody after an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died, marking the second death of an immigrant child in the agency’s care this month.
The death came during an ongoing dispute over border security and with a partial government shutdown underway over President Donald Trump’s request for border wall funding .
The boy, identified by Guatemalan authorities as Felipe G&oac