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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Trump administration denies critically ill 4-year-old is being deported and says humanitarian request under consideration

The Department of Homeland Security has denied that it is actively deporting 4-year-old Sofia and her family. Lawyers for the family said Sofia ‘could die within days’ if treatment for a rare condition is paused. - (Jeremy Cohen/Courtesy of Public Counsel)

The Department of Homeland Security has denied that a critically ill 4-year-old girl is being actively deported to Mexico after the family launched a campaign about their case.

Lawyers acting on behalf of Deysi Vargas and her daughter Sofia said that the family’s humanitarian parole, granted in July 2023, was prematurely revoked by the Trump administration on April 11.

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