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Sofia was born with short bowel syndrome. The girl came legally in the US in 2023, with her mother, Deysi, to receive treatment
Two years ago, he went to the United States, where he is receiving specialized medical treatment – the only one who can keep her alive. Your mother has just received a letter with order to return to Mexico. Doctors say that without treatment, the girl can die in a few days.
Sofia, so calls her to protect her identity, is a four -year -old girl severely sick, caught in the cross fire of Donald Trump’s aggressive and often indiscriminate immigration policy.
The US internal security department ordered Leave the country immediately. But doctors at Los Angeles Children’s Hospital, where they are receiving treatment, say that if sent to their home country, Mexico, and their treatment is interrupted, may die in a few days.
“We are sending them to death“, it says Gina Amato Loughfirm lawyer Pro bonus Public Counsel. “This is not justice and it does not make us safer. We cannot allow our country Turn your back on this child“.
During 20 hours a day, Sofia uses a backpack with nutrients that cannot naturally absorb – and who keeps her alive. It is a state -of -the -art treatment, available only in the US.
The girl was born with Short bowel syndromea debilitating condition and potentially fatal that caused it to spend most of the first two years of life in the hospital.
Sofia and her mother, Deysi, 28, entered the US legally in July 2023, during the Biden administration, with a humanitarian conditional authorization to access Medical care for two years.
But in April, three months after the beginning of the Trump presidency, the young Mexican received a letter from the internal security department, informing her that the family law to remain in the country had been revoked.
“It’s time to leave the United States“Says the first line of the letter.
“Even before receiving the letter, I heard the news about people being deported, even with humanitarian conditional authorizations, and I worried a lot,” says Deysi. “When I walked on the street I was always looking over my shoulder… there is so much fear, so much anxietyit is very difficult.
“It is always in my mind that my daughter can die. It may not seem real, but that’s really what will happen if my daughter is not linked to her treatment, ”says the young mother.
Sofia’s lawyers wrote to Trump administration officials, warning that doctors guarantee interruption of treatment can be fatal “In a few days”. They haven’t had an answer yet.
“It seems that no one has noticed that this child is four years old and that his treatment will die,” says Amato Lous. “Not only did they not respond, but continued to send notices to the familyreinforcing that its statute has been canceled and that are required to leave the United States immediately“.
“Sofia’s doctors were clear, She will die in a few days. Deport this family under these conditions It is not only illegal, it is a moral failure What do you see Basic principles of humanity and decency“.
However, in a statement sent to, the internal security department says that “any news that the family is actively deported it’s false. This family requested humanitarian conditional authorization on May 14, 2025, and the request is still being considered“.
Questioned by Sky News, Tom Homanthe director of US immigration and customs services – the Donald Trump’s “Csar da Border” – denied having specific knowledge of Sofia’s case, but said he would instruct the White House press office to “investigate the circumstances” of the case.
In a X/Twitter, Democrat Greg Casar says that “Donald Trump wants to deport a four -year -old who may die due to potentially fatal disease if his treatment is interrupted.”
Trump wants to deport a four-year-old who could die from a life-threatening medical condition if her treatment is interrupted.
How does this cruelty make us a stronger nation?
– Congressman Greg Casar (@repcasar)
“How does this cruelty make us a stronger nation?“Asks marry.