Sick Preschooler being Deported by Trump could 'die within days' if her treatment for deadly disease gets cut off
A young girl living in
California with a life-threatening health condition is at risk of death in just a few days after the president ordered her family to be deported to Mexico.
The four-year-old girl, referred to by her initials SGV, is receiving life-saving care in Bakersfield, where she lives with her parents who were allowed to immigrate to the US to get their daughter treatment for short bowel syndrome.
The condition prevents the body from properly absorbing nutrients, leading to malnutrition, bone disease and kidney complications. It can be deadly if left untreated
The family was given humanitarian approval in 2023 to enter the country after doctors in their native
Mexico reportedly failed to properly treat her, leaving SGV with repeat blood infections and, as a result of multiple surgeries gone wrong, a severely shortened bowel.
SGV has improved drastically since beginning treatment at Children’s Hospital
Los Angeles, where she undergoes near-constant care for her shortened bowel.
The parents were hopeful, watching their daughter lead a near-normal life, going to school and living at home with her parents finally, not in a hospital. But last month, her mother, Deysi Vargas, received a deportation order from US Citizenship and Immigration Services.
The letter warned the family: ‘It is in your best interest to avoid deportation and leave the United States of your own accord.’
SGV is currently fed through a process called Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN), a way to feed a person through an IV when they can’t eat or absorb enough nutrients by mouth. Her doctor says
forcing her out of the country would disrupt her treatment, and 'could be fatal within a matter of days.'

Four-year-old SGV (she is referred to by her initials) and her parents have been ordered to leave the US or 'the government will find' them
Dr John Arsenault of Children's, who sees the young girl every six weeks, told the
Los Angeles Times: ‘Patients on home TPN are not allowed to leave the country because the infrastructure to provide TPN or provide immediate intervention if there is a problem with IV access depends on our program’s utilization of US-based healthcare resources and does not transfer across borders.’
A young girl living in California with a life-threatening health condition is at risk of death in just a few days after the president ordered her family to be deported to Mexico.
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