(Baby born while waiting to cross the Border)….A CBP officer assisted.

It happened at the Calexico East Port of Entry. A call was received that a woman in a vehicle waiting to cross the border was going into labor. A Customs and Border Protection officer, trained as an emergency medical technician, immediately responded. He found the vehicle and began providing medical assistance, that included delivery a healthy baby girl. The mother, a US Citizen had no trouble crossing into the United States. Emergency medical personnel arrived and transported the mother and her healthy baby to a local hospital. Officials did not release any names.