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DHS Reviews Humanitarian Parole for 4-Year-Old at Risk if Deported

Her doctors warn that pausing her daily TPN treatment, which cannot be administered in Mexico, could prove fatal within days.

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A 4-year-old Mexican girl, who has short bowel syndrome, attends a news conference in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, after her and her mother's humanitarian parole was terminated and they were ordered to self-deport. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Children playing on the beach near the wall between Mexico and the United States.

Overview

  • The family’s two-year humanitarian parole, granted in July 2023 for Sofia’s medical care, was revoked on April 11 with orders to self-deport despite having no criminal history.
  • On May 14 the family filed a new humanitarian parole application with USCIS and remains in legal limbo while awaiting a decision.
  • Sofia relies on 14-hour nightly Total Parenteral Nutrition and specialist visits to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles every six weeks—care unavailable outside the U.S.
  • A senior DHS official states the family is not being actively deported and confirms their fresh parole request is still under review.
  • Attorneys and physicians argue that interrupting Sofia’s IV nutrition would likely kill her within days, highlighting the ethical and legal challenges for medically vulnerable migrants.