4-year-old from Mexico receiving 'lifesaving medical treatment' can remain in US: Lawyer

LOS ANGELES -- A 4-year-old miss receiving attraction at Children's Hospital Los Angeles has been granted humanitarian parole by the U.S. authorities aft supporters expressed fears that she would beryllium deported and suffer entree to "lifesaving aesculapian treatment," her household said Tuesday.

The improvement comes aft the family's lawyers said young "Sofia," who is identified by a pseudonym to support her privacy, could dice "within days" if removed from the United States.

A spokesperson for the instrumentality steadfast representing the child's household said Sofia's parent has received an support announcement for humanitarian parole for 1 year, ABC Los Angeles affiliate KABC confirmed.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services did not instantly respond to KABC's petition for comment.

Sofia, who lives successful Bakersfield, suffers from "short bowel syndrome," which prevents her from being capable to decently sorb nutrients and fluid from nutrient connected her own, according to her lawyers. The information reportedly stems from a botched country she had erstwhile she was calved successful Mexico.

Sofia began receiving attraction for this information astatine CHLA erstwhile she and her parents crossed the borderline from Mexico successful 2023 connected humanitarian parole, the lawyers said.

Sofia's aesculapian care, which consists of her receiving specialized IV treatments for up to 14 hours a day, tin lone beryllium administered successful the U.S., per the instrumentality manufacturer, her lawyers said.

Last week, the family's lawyers said Sofia's mother, Deysi Vargas, antecedently received 3 letters from the Department of Homeland Security saying her humanitarian parole is being terminated.

"It is clip for you to permission the United States," 1 of the letters, dated April 11, stated. The missive went connected to say, "If you bash not depart the United States immediately, you volition beryllium taxable to imaginable instrumentality enforcement actions that volition effect successful your removal from the United States -- unless you person different obtained a lawful ground to stay here."

At a May 28 quality conference, Gina Amato Lough, directing lawyer astatine Public Counsel, said: "Deporting this household nether these conditions is not lone unlawful, it constitutes a motivation nonaccomplishment that violates the basal tenets of humanity and decency."

That aforesaid day, a elder authoritative for the Department of Homeland Security told KABCthat immoderate reporting that Sofia's parent and her household are actively being deported is "FALSE" and their exertion for humanitarian parole was "still being considered."

Vargas said the attraction successful the U.S. has allowed Sofia to "live her life" with her family, but if she and her girl are forced to instrumentality to Mexico, Sofia "will beryllium astatine the infirmary time and night."

"We cannot fto our state crook its backmost connected this child, oregon connected immoderate of our migrant neighbors who are simply warring for a amended life, " Lough said.

While Sofia's treatments truthful acold person led to improvements successful her health, she is "not astatine the constituent wherever she tin past connected her own," her lawyers said.