Bus carrying 28 migrants from Texas arrives in Philadelphia, including girl with dehydration and fever
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Philadelphia — A bus carrying 28 migrants from Texas arrived in Philadelphia on Wednesday, including a 10-year-old girl suffering from dehydration and a high fever who was whisked to a hospital for treatment. Advocates who welcomed them as they arrived before dawn said the families and individuals came from Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Cuba. The city and several nonprofit groups were ready to provide food, temporary housing and other services. "In general, people feel relieved. We want them to know that they have a home here," said Philadelphia City Council member Helen Gym, who accompanied several of the migrants onto a second bus taking them to a site where their needs could be assessed. "There's a 10-year-old who's completely dehydrated. It's one of the more inhumane aspects that they would put a child who was dehydrated with a fever now, a very high fever (on the bus)," Gym said. "It's a terrible situation."
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