This 4-Year-Old Girl Will Die Within Days If She Stops Receiving Healthcare in the U.S. Trump's DHS Wants to Deport Her Anyway.

  • by: Care2 Team
  • recipient: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem
Sofia Vargas' family came to the U.S. from Mexico completely legally in 2023. They came because their toddler, 'Sofia' -- a pseudonym to protect the child's privacy -- suffers from short bowel syndrome. This condition is deadly if left untreated since it stops Sofia's body from being able to absorb enough nutrients to survive.

In a desperate attempt to save their daughter's life, the Vargas family sought and was granted humanitarian parole, allowing them to live in the United States for the urgent reason of getting Sofia lifesaving healthcare she couldn't get in Mexico. Now, Sofia is thriving because she is being treated at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

Which is why it is so horrifying that the Trump administration terminated the Vargas family's humanitarian parole and ordered them to self-deport.

Sofia's doctors say that if she is deported, she will die within days.

Sign the petition and demand that the head of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, reverse this heartless, senseless decision at once!

This is a glaring example of Donald Trump and his ilk taking the systems, policies, and standards that make the U.S. a beacon of strength and compassion and twisting them to serve his own sick, cruel ideologies. Humanitarian parole is a perfectly legal status that was put in place to help people like Sofia and her family, but all the Trump administration wants to do is deport anyone that doesn't conform to their idea of what a person in this country should look like.

Sofia's treatment involves various kinds of nutrition administration, both intravenously and through a feeding tube. The equipment used to keep her alive cannot be taken out of the U.S., and Sofia cannot currently survive without this treatment. Her doctors have made it abundantly clear that once treatment is stopped, Sofia will die within days.

Let us spell that out for you: the Trump administration would be killing this 4-year-old girl by deporting her.

Sign the petition and stand up for Sofia and her family by demanding that humanitarian parole be reinstated!
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