As if Donald Trump couldn’t get any more heartless, it turns out his istration has put the life of a four-year-old Mexican girl in danger by removing her humanitarian parole early. This means the young girl and her family are at risk of being deported which could result in her death.
Deysi Vargas was allowed to enter the U.S. with her daughter, Sofia Vargas in 2023 in order to receive medical treatment for a life threatening condition. According to the Los Angeles Times Sofia suffers from short bowel syndrome, a rare condition that prevents her body from absorbing the necessary nutrients from the food she eats. The four-year-old is receiving treatment known as Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) in an American children’s hospital as the family has been granted “temporary humanitarian permission” to enter the states through Tijuana.
The Trump istration has been aggressively targeting immigrants these last few months with complete disregard for due process. But this is too far. Deysi received notice in April that her and her daughter’s permission had been revoked. It advised them to “avoid deportation and leave the United States of your own accord.”
The Trump istration’s decision could be fatal for Sofia
Sofia requires constant medical attention due to the condition which means interrupting it to deport her and her family could be deadly. According to a Dr. John Arsenault, who works at the children’s hospital where Sofia receives treatment, if the TPN were to be interrupted, “this could be fatal within a matter of days.” The doctor went on to explain that patients on TPN cannot leave the country as the infrastructure to provide care is not there.
“Patients on home TPN are not allowed to leave the country because the infrastructure to provide TPN or provide immediate intervention if there is a problem with IV access depends on our program’s utilization of U.S.-based healthcare resources and does not transfer across borders.”
Naturally people have responded with disgust at the horrific news. For many the U.S. is no longer the good country it used to be.
Another accused Donald Trump of being a child killer.
The family’s attorney, Rebecca Smith also claimed that there was no need for Sofia to be deported claiming, “This is a textbook example of medical need.” Despite this it seems the Trump istration is willing to knowingly send this four-year-old girl to her potential demise, “This child will die and there’s no sense for that to happen. It would just be a cruel sacrifice.”
Sofia’s condition did not improve in Mexico
While the family has seen a significant improvement in her health while in the U.S. Deysi claimed that the conditions in the hospital in Mexico City were less than ideal. She claimed nurses would sometimes mistakenly ister the wrong medication or that she would arrive at the hospital to find that her daughter had vomited on herself and nobody had cleaned it up.
While the young girl was surviving before arriving in the U.S. she wasn’t getting better and every day sounds like a risk to her life. While kids in other countries are able to go on and live relatively normal lives without fear of dying, it seems Trump and his cronies are content to deny such a future to the young Sofia.
Published: May 30, 2025 10:03 am