Mother's Desperate Plea: Deportation Threatens 4-Year-Old's Life

Los Angeles Mother Faces Deportation While Daughter Receives Lifesaving Treatment A heartbreaking situation is unfolding in Los Angeles, where Deysi Vargas, a mother of a 4-year-old girl named Sofia (pseudonym), is facing deportation while her daughter undergoes critical medical treatment at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Sofia suffers from a rare intestinal condition that requires specialized care, unavailable in her mother's home country of Mexico. The family was granted humanitarian parole in 2023, allowing them to stay in the US for medical care. However, in recent months, they received three notices from immigration services revoking their parole and work permits, leaving them vulnerable to deportation. "If my daughter does not receive this treatment, she will have to remain hospitalized or she will die," Vargas said during a news conference, her statement translated by an interpreter. The family's legal representative, Gina Amato Lough, Directing Attorney at Public Counsel, confirmed the notices and highlighted the urgency of the situation. The family's fight underscores the complex intersection of immigration policy and access to healthcare for vulnerable populations. The case is raising questions about the balance between immigration enforcement and humanitarian considerations, particularly when it involves a child's life.