Mourners gathered to say goodbye to Jakelin Caal Maquin, the 7-year-old Guatemalan migrant girl who died in U.S. custody this month, laying her to rest in a Christmas Day funeral that left her mother so grief-stricken she could not bear to attend.

If little Jakelin would have only stayed at home, in his excellent country, he might be alive today.

Mourners gathered to say goodbye to Jakelin Caal Maquin, the 7-year-old Guatemalan migrant girl who died in U.S. custody this month, laying her to rest in a Christmas Day funeral that left her mother so grief-stricken she could not bear to attend. https://t.co/CRyeLIR2k5 pic.twitter.com/ufWSDilb2N

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