Prominent Georgia Pediatrician Says Children Are Suffering In Border Facilities

AAP President-Elect Sally Goza, left, listens to the lungs of a 2-year-old girl at Catholic Charities’ Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, TX. After the toddler was released from Customs and Border Protection custody, she was sent to the emergency room where she was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect and started on treatment.

Photo courtesy of American Academy of Pediatrics

A Georgia physician who visited migrant border facilities last month says she was alarmed by the signs of children’s stress there.

Dr. Sally Goza of Fayetteville, president-elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said Monday that the visit by herself and other pediatricians underscored the organization’s position that the Border Patrol facilities are not a good place for children, and that kids should be there for as short a time as possible.

“We believe that pediatricians should be there to care for the children,’’ Goza added.