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25-year-old Johana 'Joa' Medina León died on Saturday after she complained of chest pains while in ICE detention and tested positive for HIV.

co-host Brian Kilmeade stoked Mexican border immigration fears on Wednesday's show, claiming an El Salvador asylum seeker, who officials say tested positive for HIV while in U.S. custody before dying of unknown causes,"showed up with AIDS."

Testing HIV positive is recognized as a potential basis for seeking asylum and civil rights activistsICE issued a statement saying it provided Medina León with"comprehensive medical care" after her repeated requests for medical attention upon arriving in the U.S. Kilmeade's AIDS comment came as he told Congress to stop the flow of migrants to the U.S. border with Mexico.

On May 18, it was found Medina León had a credible fear of returning to El Salvador, which is a crucial early step in the asylum process.her uncle and a trans leader in Juárez were notified of her death at the hospital on Saturday.guest co-host Katie Pavlich complained the White House won't back South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham's border bill which seeks to close legal loopholes the Republican say migrants have used to circumvent immigration laws for decades.

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