(28 May 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Los Angeles – 28 May 2025
1. A 4-year-old Mexican girl, who is referred to by the pseudonym "Sofia" by her family’s attorneys, walks into the press conference at the Public Counsel offices
2. Migrant Deysi Vargas and her 4-year-old daughter enter the press conference with their attorneys
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Gina Amato, Public Counsel:
"Sofia and her parents presented themselves at the border in July 2023 seeking humanitarian parole for the purpose of getting medical treatment for their child."
4. The 4-year-old plays with a deck of cards
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Gina Amato, Public Counsel:
"Sofia’s mother Deysi received a notice from the immigration service letting her know that their humanitarian parole would be revoked."
6. Wide of cameras at the press conference
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Gina Amato, Public Counsel:
"Sofia suffers from short bowel syndrome which prevents her from being able to take in and process nutrients on her own."
8. The 4-year-old waves during the press conference
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Gina Amato, Public Counsel:
"This treatment cannot be administered the United States, so it’s imperative that she remains here."
10. Deysi Vargas looks at her daughter
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Deysi Vargas, migrant mother:
"Yes, I am afraid because once again Sofía is at risk of dying if she doesn’t receive treatment in just a few hours. What would happen if we returned to Mexico? Sofía would be hospitalized day and night again because there aren’t the resources there for her to live a normal life like at home."
12. The 4-year-old takes a seat
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Gina Amato, Public Counsel:
"Deporting this family under these conditions is not only unlawful, it constitutes a moral failure that violates the basic tenets of humanity and decency."
14. The 4-year-old is surrounded by cameras
15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Deysi Vargas, migrant mother:
"There are so many feelings because due to my situation, I don’t have a way to resolve this situation by myself. I felt very helpless and very uneasy because I am completely dependent on the parole for the treatment that Sofía needs and on the work permit to cover her expenses."
16. Vargas lifts up and embraces her daughter
STORYLINE:
The Trump administration has revoked permission for a 4-year-old Mexican girl who receives life-saving medical care from a California hospital 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. She received the notifications in April and May and was told the family is subject to potential deportation, Amato said.
Since then, the girl has made it out of the hospital thanks to a treatment that provides intravenous nutrition through a backpack she wears. Lawyers said she isn’t strong enough to survive without it as she suffers from short bowel syndrome, which prevents her from being able to take in and process nutrients on her own, and the treatment she receives isn’t available in Mexico.
Doctors have told the family and lawyers that she will die without this care, Amato said at a press conference in Los Angeles. “Deporting this family under these conditions is not only unlawful, it constitutes a moral failure that violates the basic tenets of humanity and decency.”
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services did not immediately comment.
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