{"id":61828,"date":"2025-05-31T03:48:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T03:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=61828"},"modified":"2025-05-31T03:48:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T03:48:51","slug":"4-year-old-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=61828","title":{"rendered":"4-Year-Old Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-868.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-868.png 600w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-868-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sofia Vargas \u2014 not her real name \u2014 is just four years old and facing deportation, a move that could cost her life. Born prematurely in Mexico with short bowel syndrome, Sofia cannot absorb nutrients normally and relies on Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN), a complex U.S.-based feeding system that keeps her alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-869.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-869.png 992w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-869-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-869-768x484.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After years of complications and repeated infections in Mexico, her mother, Deysi, brought her to the U.S. through a humanitarian parole program in July 2023. Since then, Sofia has made significant health gains thanks to care from Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But now, that fragile progress is under threat. The family received notice in April 2025 that their parole had been revoked \u2014 without explanation \u2014 and they must leave the country. Doctors warn that removing her from the U.S. healthcare system would be fatal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-870.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-870.png 992w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-870-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-870-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Their attorney, Rebecca Brown, says the family\u2019s status was rescinded in error and is fighting to restore it. &#8220;This child will die,&#8221; she says bluntly. With her husband injured and unable to work, Deysi fears losing everything \u2014 including her daughter\u2019s chance to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=61766\">also read&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sofia Vargas \u2014 not her real name \u2014 is just four years old and facing deportation, a move that could cost her life. 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