PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — American Samoa's delegate to the U.S. Congress is calling for an investigation into the death of a baby at Honolulu International Airport.

Delegate Eni Faleomavaega (Fahl-ee-moh-VEYNG-ah) has asked the Department of Homeland Security to immediately investigate the death of 14-day old Michael Tony Futi last Friday.

The baby had been flown to Honolulu for emergency heart surgery. He died while detained inside a customs' room at the Honolulu airport with his mother and a nurse.

A lawyer for the family has announced plans to sue the federal government over the death.

Faleomavaega called for the probe in a letter to Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff.