WASHINGTON — The household of a 4-year-old Bakersfield woman with a uncommon medical situation has been granted humanitarian safety from deportation, permitting her to proceed receiving lifesaving therapy in america.
The plight of the woman, whom The Occasions has recognized by her initials, S.G.V., drew public outrage and galvanized dozens of lawmakers to advocate on her behalf. The woman and her mother and father, who’re from Mexico, initially obtained momentary permission to enter the U.S. legally by way of Tijuana in 2023.
The Trump administration had rescinded the authorized protections of S.G.V. and her mother and father, leaving them weak to deportation. Her physician at Youngsters’s Hospital Los Angeles stated she may die inside days of dropping her medical care for brief bowel syndrome, a situation that forestalls her physique from utterly absorbing vitamins from meals.
“By transferring shortly, the company has ensured {that a} 4‑yr‑outdated woman can proceed receiving the specialised medical therapy that retains her alive,” stated the household’s lawyer Rebecca Brown of the nonprofit Public Counsel. “Nonetheless, many households nonetheless face hurt beneath the sweeping coverage to cast off humanitarian parole. We ask the federal government to make sure that nobody be put in hurt’s manner.”
Final week, 38 congressional Democrats, together with California Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, condemned the termination of the household’s standing and urged the Division of Homeland Safety to reinstate it.
“With out motion, S.G.V. will die,” the lawmakers wrote Could 29 to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. “We urge a immediate response out of your Division and a swift resolution to increase this household’s authorized standing within the U.S.” The lawmakers wrote that the household’s scenario “clearly meets the necessity for humanitarian help.”
In a letter Monday to the household and their lawyer, performing discipline workplace director Carmen Paniagua of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Providers wrote: “That is to advise you that efficient June 2, 2025, you’ve been granted Humanitarian Parole for a interval of 1 yr.”
In April, the woman’s mom, Deysi Vargas, obtained discover from the federal authorities that their humanitarian protections and permission to work legally had been terminated. The discover advised them to go away voluntarily or else “the federal authorities will discover you.”
A web based fundraiser for S.G.V.’s care amassed greater than $40,000 as of Tuesday.
