The mother of a 4 years which fights against a rare state of health And receives vital treatment at the Los Angeles children’s hospital asks the Trump administration to restore their humanitarian conditional release.
During a press conference on Wednesday morning, Deysi Vargas, Sofia Villa’s mother, said that she was asking the government to allow her family to stay in the United States to save her daughter’s life. Vargas said that she was based solely on humanitarian parole to give her daughter a chance to live things like other children.
Family lawyers said they used a pseudonym to protect Sofia’s privacy.
“If my daughter does not receive this treatment, she will have to remain hospitalized or she will die,” said Vargas in Spanish.
THE Los Angeles Times He first reported that Sofia receives treatment for a rare disease called the short intestine syndrome, which forces him to receive 14 hours of intravenous nutrition per day. Vargas said that when Sofia was 7 months old, she was diagnosed with the condition in Mexico and the doctors told the United States that she had to come to the United States to receive vital care.
In 2023, the family received an emergency visa by humanitarian conditional liberation, allowing them to go to Los Angeles for treatment.
Gina Amato Lough, lawyer for the publication of the public’s lawyer, told journalists that on April 11, Vargas had received an immigration service notice that his family’s humanitarian release and the work permits were revoked. Amato Lough said he received a later opinion a few weeks later and a third in May, saying that they were “more in legal status” and were vulnerable to expulsion.
“Expelling this family under these conditions is not only illegal, but it constitutes a moral failure which violates the basic principles of humanity and decency,” said Amato Lough.
Vargas said Sofia’s medical team had informed them that if they did not continue to receive treatment, she could die in a few days. The equipment used in the treatment of Sofia is not available outside the United States and Amato Lough stressed the importance that the family remained in the country.
Amato Lough said that in May, his legal team had sent letters to President Trump asking his administration to reconsider his decision to revoke the parole of Vargas, but they have not received an answer. In the meantime, she has explained that they had submitted new requests for humanitarian parole.
“We really hope that the administration will recognize the medical need here and grant a humanitarian release to this deserving family,” said Rebecca Brown, one of the family lawyers.
Brown has described the Trump administration’s efforts to eradicate cruel humanitarian release. She said it has an impact on people in the United States who are in the country for various rescue reasons.
Vargas said she was planning to continue to fight against the legal battle and knows that expulsion is a death sentence for her family. She said that she kept her faith to help her cross this difficult situation.