Article snippet: Calling the deaths of Alonzo-Gomez and Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin “unconscionable,” House Minority Leader and Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Democrats will investigate their deaths in the next Congress. “Democrats call on Homeland Security’s Inspector General to immediately open an investigation into Felipe [Alonzo-Gomez’s] death,” Pelosi said. “The Congress will also investigate this tragedy and the heartbreaking death of Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin, to seek justice and ensure that no other child is left to such a fate.” House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), who will be the next Majority Leader, said “it is incumbent upon Congress to ask serious questions about what happened and who bears responsibility.” “After the new Democratic Majority begins, the House will hold hearings on this young boy’s death and the death of seven-year-old Jakelin Caal earlier this month – as well as the conditions under which thousands of children are being held,” Hoyer said. “I pray for comfort for the families of these children who lost their lives, and I urge the Department of Homeland Security to provide Congress with all the information the public deserves to know and to take action to prevent such tragedies from recurring.” Hoyer added that “House Democrats will not stand idly by and watch as our nation’s most fundamental values are eroded, while innocent children are held like prisoners in cages and their lives placed at risk.” Hoyer also thanked the Co... Link to the full article to read more