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4-Year-Old With Short Bowel Syndrome Faces Deportation From U.S.

The Trump administration’s revocation of her humanitarian parole threatens to sever her crucial IV nutrition regimen.

Children playing on the beach near the wall between Mexico and the United States.
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An undated image of 4-year-old Sofia, a young girl who was diagnosed with short bowel syndrome and was ordered to self-deport to Mexico.
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Overview

  • U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has revoked the family’s 2023 humanitarian parole and issued a deportation order.
  • S.G.V. depends on daily home-administered Total Parenteral Nutrition and could suffer fatal complications within days if treatment stops.
  • After exhausting options in Mexico, the family relocated to Los Angeles in 2023 for ongoing care at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
  • The Trump administration has rescinded thousands of temporary protections granted under programs like CBP One, expanding its immigration crackdown.
  • Family attorney Rebecca Brown calls deportation a “cruel sacrifice,” and the Vargas family is appealing for support to keep her treatment in the U.S.