US EditionCritically Ill Girl Facing Deportation Could Die Within Days If Care Halted
- A critically ill 4-year-old girl named Sofia, diagnosed with short bowel syndrome, faces deportation from the U.S. In 2025 despite receiving life-saving treatment in California.
- Her family received humanitarian parole in 2023 to seek medical care, but the Trump administration revoked this status and ordered them to leave, risking interruption of essential treatment.
- Sofia undergoes Total Parenteral Nutrition every six weeks at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, which depends on U.S.-based healthcare infrastructure that cannot be provided if she returns to Mexico.
- Dr. John Arsenault stated in a letter that halting Sofia’s nutrition could be fatal within days, while her attorney Rebecca Brown called this a “textbook example of medical need” with no justification for death.
- The family’s potential deportation highlights the conflict between immigration enforcement and urgent medical care, suggesting that continued legal protection is critical to Sofia's survival.
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Lawyer says Trump administration revokes parole of Mexican girl receiving lifesaving care in U.S.
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Trump revokes parole of Mexican girl, 4, receiving lifesaving care in Los Angeles, attorney says
By AMY TAXIN LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration has revoked permission for a 4-year-old Mexican girl who receives lifesaving medical care at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to stay in the country, attorneys for the family said on Wednesday. Lawyer Gina Amato said the girl’s mother was notified the U.S. government was withdrawing the humanitarian parole the family received in 2023 when she brought her ailing child to the U.S.-Mexico border. S…
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4-year-old girl's life-saving treatment at risk after family's legal immigration status is revoked
A Mexican girl is at risk of losing access to the life-saving treatment she has been receiving in Los Angeles after her family's legal immigration status was abruptly revoked.
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