Trump/ICE deports a 4 year old girl (legal immigrant) who relies on daily nutrient transfusion to survive.

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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately the quality of journalism has substantially declined in the United States. What happened to investigative reporting? Where are all editors who vet reports before publishing to get the complete picture. Obviously the significant health issues appear to be a compelling case of why the little girl should stay in the United States.

However, I do not understand why so many reports just are relying on the family's attorney without getting all the information when reporting. Of course a family's attorney is going to craft the narrative to be the most sympathetic. This is what bugs me, people are just reacting without having all the information. And truly if they presented all the information I think most people would still believe that she should stay, but by not presenting ALL the information it affects people's perception and leads people to be skeptical and then that turns to becoming callous.

So if I am able to quickly piece this together, why aren't news reports able to do the same. Of course the story is more complicated than being reported.

It appears (short version): The parents applied via the CBP app and the father declared to boarder agents on July 31, 2023 he was in fear because cartel members had kidnapped him. They did not detain the family and were allowed in also based on the girl looking in poor health. It is unclear if they were admitted after claiming asylum and then not detained for humanitarian reasons. She has a short bowel and cannot take in nutrition without a very complex treatment called Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) which is not available in Mexico and her doctor confirmed she will die without it.

The girl spent over a year in first San Diego Children's hospital and later LA Childrens with Medi-Cal [CA version of medicaid funded by taxpayers ] paying for the care. She has appointments every 6 week now with LA Childrens hospital. The father has a pending charge from when the girl was in San Diego due to raising his voice and causing some type of disturbance. Family gets notice in the beginning of May 2025 they are getting deported and encouraged to self-deport. Family's attorney files paperwork for humanitarian parole on May 14, 2025. Mother sets up a medical go-fund me on May 22 and has raised 36k. DHS official via email to NBC news that reports about the family "actively being deported are FALSE.

This information was gathered from the following sources:
Longer Version
LA Times Article Dated May 27, 2025
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-05-27/deportation-trump-healthcare-immigration-humanitarian

1. The father is an uber Driver from Colombia and the mother, Deysi Vargas, works cleaning restaurants and is from the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The parents who are not married met in Cancun, where they were working. Just before S.G.V. was born, the couple moved to nearby Playa del Carmen so her husband could work as an Uber driver. The girl spent most of her life in a hospital in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, tethered to feeding tubes 24 hours a day. She has short bowel syndrome, a rare condition that prevents her body from completely absorbing the nutrients of regular food. Doctors told them to relocate to Mexico City to get better care. It is not clear whether they moved her to the hospital in Mexico City.

2. The mother learned that the Biden administration had begun offering migrants appointments with border agents through a phone application called CBP One, so she signed up. Those let in received two-year protection from deportation and work permits.

3. They got an appointment on July 31, 2023. When they went to the boarder at Tijuana the father told agents that he had once been kidnapped by cartel members in Mexico who extorted money and threatened to kill him. They also looked at the girl, whose vulnerable condition was obvious.

4. They let them enter the country and the girl immediately went to Children's Hospital San Diego. At the hospital the father caused some type of disturbance which led to a pending charge and he is undergoing anger management classes (from NBC article posted below)

5. A year later, doctors referred her to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, which has one of the top-ranked gastroenterology programs in the country.

6. Both of her parents worked, holding down odd jobs, and by September 2024, the family had settled in Bakersfield and S.G.V. was discharged from the hospital.

From Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-sofias-lifesaving-care
1. May 22 the mother sets up a Gofund listing the reason as medical and explains they need help with their situation without providing details and has raised $32,000+. I hope the family's lawyer is advising then how this could affect Medi-Cal eligibility.


From NBC News
1. Father has a charge pending in San Diego. The girl's attorney there admitted the father does have a pending charge stemming from "a misunderstanding at the San Diego hospital when he raised his voice" when discussing his daughter's care in an area "where he did not understand he could not be loud."

Attorneys believe the charge will likely "be dismissed because he’s complying with the anger management classes the courts requested of him," they said. "This does not influence the legality of Deysi’s case." It is unclear if this arrest set in motion a notice to deport or if the two year mark was approaching.

3. Family gets sent via email in April of 2025 a Department of Homeland Security terminating their parole and work authorization and told to self-deport.

2. A senior DHS official insisted to NBC News via email that reports about the family "actively being deported are FALSE. This family applied with USCIS for humanitarian parole on May 14, 2025, and the application is still being considered.”


Great facts. Thanks again


I am just really amazed at how quickly people jump on the bandwagon. This isn't to say the little girl isn't deserving. I am amazed and am rooting for the mother because she has so much determination. She has been doing from birth (based on Facebook posts) everything to get the best treatment for her daughter. She does seem like a go getter organizing multiple fundraising opportunities for her daughter such as getting plane tickets donated from Mexico City to Tijuana, help with housing, etc. She is doing a fantastic job getting her case out to the media. She is clever and strategic and hopefully it works for them.

But I don't understand how 38 congressmen and woman can sign a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem urging her to reconsider the termination of the family's legal status stating "We believe this family's situation clearly meets the need for humanitarian aid ." Other people have pointed out that requires the ability to show how the cost of treatment (including doctors’ fees, hospitalization fees, and all medical-related expenses) and documentation establishing how the cost of the medical treatment (both in the hospital and as an out-patient) and any other associated costs such as medical prescriptions, therapies, equipment and transportation will be covered, whether by insurance, personal funds or other means.

The girl spent 12 months at San Diego Children's Hospital. From July 31, 2023 (the day she legally entered the US) to August 2024. Medi-cal paid for that hospital stay. (Medical is name of medicare program in CA paid for by taxpayers). I can't even imagine how expensive a 365+ day hospital stay is in California. There is a domestic violence case involving a minor against a man with her father's last name against a person with her mothers last name in April 2024. The girl's attorney said the father might get the charges dropped since he is enrolled in anger management classes. The mother needs to ditch the father but his claim of getting kidnapped by cartels is probably what allowed them to enter in the first place then when they saw how sick the girl was. Even if they did not believe the claim border patrol absolutely did not want to get stuck with the bill. So they have a history of immediately releasing anyone needing medical care if caught on the border by San Diego to San Diego hospitals. https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2022/10/07/border-patrol-avoiding-medical-costs-by-releasing-injured-migrants-records-show

It seems like a better bet for the mom to stay is to say she is a victim of a crime. Maybe she qualifies for a U visa which is Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) which provides a pathway to stay for domestic violence sufferers. I hope she uses the go fund me money for a better attorney.

Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is a very sad story but there are millions of sad stories. We cannot take in everyone who needs assistance. It's not sustainable. Perhaps, if our government had first focused on healthcare, jobs and education for our own citizens we wouldn't have Trump in office today. Perhaps, voters would be more sympathetic. Instead, each one of these stories is a reminder of the resources flowing to non-citizens. It's a net sum game for many voters at this point. They are seeing non-citizens receive services that they are unable to access for themselves. This is something that the liberal elite do not understand and why they will continue to lose elections. It's easy to be sanctimonious when your own kids are in private schools, your health care is affordable and your white collar job is secure.


The “liberal elite” wanted to expand access to healthcare including Medicaid coverage of in home health aides, make student loans more affordable, give tax breaks to the middle class, etc.

But some people hate brown people so much that they’d rather vote to burn everything to the ground than see a sick 4 year old get treatment in the U.S.


The US cannot offer expanded or free healthcare and also treat every sick foreigner that shows up to our border like in this case. You know liberals will demand that non citizens be included. California pays for illegal immigrants healthcare and their budget is being crippled by it. Even Newsome is considering rolling the program back.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Is this the boyfriend or the bio dad who never married the mom?


Who knows? After the whole “he was raising his voice” in “an area he didn’t know he couldn’t raise his voice in,” the entire situation is sus.

There are American children who don’t receive the level of care this child is receiving (for free). Why are those kids ignored?

Mom’s baby daddy is in anger management classes. He was very angry about the exceptional free care his child was receiving, to the point he was arrested. Dcum bleeding hearts should host angry baby daddy and fam in their homes and provide the support they are so angrily demanding the American taxpayer provide.

Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is a very sad story but there are millions of sad stories. We cannot take in everyone who needs assistance. It's not sustainable. Perhaps, if our government had first focused on healthcare, jobs and education for our own citizens we wouldn't have Trump in office today. Perhaps, voters would be more sympathetic. Instead, each one of these stories is a reminder of the resources flowing to non-citizens. It's a net sum game for many voters at this point. They are seeing non-citizens receive services that they are unable to access for themselves. This is something that the liberal elite do not understand and why they will continue to lose elections. It's easy to be sanctimonious when your own kids are in private schools, your health care is affordable and your white collar job is secure.


The “liberal elite” wanted to expand access to healthcare including Medicaid coverage of in home health aides, make student loans more affordable, give tax breaks to the middle class, etc.

But some people hate brown people so much that they’d rather vote to burn everything to the ground than see a sick 4 year old get treatment in the U.S.


The US cannot offer expanded or free healthcare and also treat every sick foreigner that shows up to our border like in this case. You know liberals will demand that non citizens be included. California pays for illegal immigrants healthcare and their budget is being crippled by it. Even Newsome is considering rolling the program back.


Americans should provide free healthcare to the world.

All we need to do is provide a global app (for free!) that any global citizen with a smartphone can download!!

They can input their conditions, diseases, injuries, etc, and because we don’t want the MAGA ghouls to win, we will dispatch emergency medical assistance to their location immediately! And bring them to American medical centers!! We don’t want any child, pregnant woman, human, anywhere in the world to be sick or ill and not receive life saving treatment! And if a woman wants an abortion, make that available on the app, too. Let’s really put our money where our non-MAGA mouth is. Everyone, everywhere: free transportation, free, lifesaving medical care. Their families of course will be given the opportunity to accompany them and provide support for their sick/injured loved one.

Cost? Who cares!! We aren’t MAGA ghouls. We will provide and pay for the entire world’s medical care. No problem. We can do it. We are good people.

If you don’t support this, you are an actual ghoul. Why do you get to live in the United States and have access to good medical care, yet deny that ability to others? Are you racist against brown, black, red, yellow, off-white people?

Let’s call the app US Global Med One. We can send our military airplanes and ships to pick up the millions of poor and sick people who need our help. We can’t just let hundreds/thousands of sick and injured people die every second of every day, like Trump wants us to.
Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am fine with her staying as long as the above posters are paying for the care and not just tax payers.


Lemme guess. You’re fine with a $45 million birthday (oh sorry, “Army”) parade and Trump using his position to generate more wealth while giving inside trading info to his rich buddies.

But a sick little girl receiving humanitarian aid is a bridge too far.


But which sick little foreign girl shall we pick to bring in and “save”?


Well it sounds like there is an application process including questioning about the ability to pay for it and medical documentation from doctors as to why they need treatment here so that is a good place to start on deciding which children to help.

I want you to truly imagine having a child who will die unless they receive treatment in another country. You arrange funding and upend your life to move away from everyone you know to save your child, let’s say in France, and then a couple years later the president of that country decides you need to go home and let your child die.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is a very sad story but there are millions of sad stories. We cannot take in everyone who needs assistance. It's not sustainable. Perhaps, if our government had first focused on healthcare, jobs and education for our own citizens we wouldn't have Trump in office today. Perhaps, voters would be more sympathetic. Instead, each one of these stories is a reminder of the resources flowing to non-citizens. It's a net sum game for many voters at this point. They are seeing non-citizens receive services that they are unable to access for themselves. This is something that the liberal elite do not understand and why they will continue to lose elections. It's easy to be sanctimonious when your own kids are in private schools, your health care is affordable and your white collar job is secure.


The “liberal elite” wanted to expand access to healthcare including Medicaid coverage of in home health aides, make student loans more affordable, give tax breaks to the middle class, etc.

But some people hate brown people so much that they’d rather vote to burn everything to the ground than see a sick 4 year old get treatment in the U.S.


The US cannot offer expanded or free healthcare and also treat every sick foreigner that shows up to our border like in this case. You know liberals will demand that non citizens be included. California pays for illegal immigrants healthcare and their budget is being crippled by it. Even Newsome is considering rolling the program back.


I think you’re suggesting that she sit on a tractor in South Africa for a few weeks, then get a free plane ride here.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It sounds like she only needs to go to the hospital every six weeks. Couldn’t she fly in from Mexico?

Also how does Mexico simply not offer this treatment?! So every kid in Mexico with this condition just… dies?!?


It sounds like they do have treatment for short bowel syndrome. But this girl needs a special type of treatment.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am fine with her staying as long as the above posters are paying for the care and not just tax payers.


Lemme guess. You’re fine with a $45 million birthday (oh sorry, “Army”) parade and Trump using his position to generate more wealth while giving inside trading info to his rich buddies.

But a sick little girl receiving humanitarian aid is a bridge too far.


But which sick little foreign girl shall we pick to bring in and “save”?


Well it sounds like there is an application process including questioning about the ability to pay for it and medical documentation from doctors as to why they need treatment here so that is a good place to start on deciding which children to help.

I want you to truly imagine having a child who will die unless they receive treatment in another country. You arrange funding and upend your life to move away from everyone you know to save your child, let’s say in France, and then a couple years later the president of that country decides you need to go home and let your child die.


That’s why we have to bring every sick and injured child to the United States and give them lifesaving care.

I want you to truly imagine there are real children dying right now in every country on earth that US doctors and medical staff could save. Why are we not saving these children? Are you so heartless that you allow children to die every day and don’t want them to live?
Anonymous
10,000 children worldwide starve to death every single day.

Why do we allow that to happen? We have plenty of food.

Why are we letting 10,000 children per day starve to death?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is a very sad story but there are millions of sad stories. We cannot take in everyone who needs assistance. It's not sustainable. Perhaps, if our government had first focused on healthcare, jobs and education for our own citizens we wouldn't have Trump in office today. Perhaps, voters would be more sympathetic. Instead, each one of these stories is a reminder of the resources flowing to non-citizens. It's a net sum game for many voters at this point. They are seeing non-citizens receive services that they are unable to access for themselves. This is something that the liberal elite do not understand and why they will continue to lose elections. It's easy to be sanctimonious when your own kids are in private schools, your health care is affordable and your white collar job is secure.


The “liberal elite” wanted to expand access to healthcare including Medicaid coverage of in home health aides, make student loans more affordable, give tax breaks to the middle class, etc.

But some people hate brown people so much that they’d rather vote to burn everything to the ground than see a sick 4 year old get treatment in the U.S.


The US cannot offer expanded or free healthcare and also treat every sick foreigner that shows up to our border like in this case. You know liberals will demand that non citizens be included. California pays for illegal immigrants healthcare and their budget is being crippled by it. Even Newsome is considering rolling the program back.


I think you’re suggesting that she sit on a tractor in South Africa for a few weeks, then get a free plane ride here.


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the foreign workers will be employed only in the specific positions for which the visa are issued 
the foreign workers will leave South Africa on completion of their duties

A cash deposit or guarantee for the foreign workers may be payable by the corporate entity or by the workers in the case of skilled workers 

Upon receipt of the approved number of workers, the DHA will issue the corporate visa and authorization certificates for each worker in terms of regulation 18(2)(b), then the corporate entity can start recruiting workers. Once a corporate visa has been issued to the applicant (entity), the applicant may then proceed to recruit workers, the workers will then apply for Corporate worker certificates and these certificates are issued in line with the Corporate visa for 3 years, but may not exceed the validity period of the corporate visa. 


Study Visas

If you are a foreign student and wish to study in South Africa you can apply for a study visa by completing Form BI-1738. Study visas must be applied for at VFS Centre across the country near the educational institution you will be studying at or at the nearest South African embassy, mission or consulate abroad. 
Study visas for studies at a learning institution shall be issued other than a school shall be issued for the duration of course registered for. Study visas for learning institutions defined as a school shall be valid for the duration of the study: provided the duration shall not exceed eight years at a primary school and 6 years at a secondary school.

The following documents must be submitted with the BI-1738 application form:
A passport valid for no less than 30 days after the expiry of intended visit

Payment of the prescribed fee 

A vaccination certificate, if required by the Act

Proof of financial means to cover envisaged living expenses during the sojourn in the Republic and to also pay for the tuition fees. This should be in the form of: 

bank statements 

cash available,
or 
travellers’ cheques 

Proof of medical cover 

A cash deposit equivalent to the value of a return ticket.
In the case of African students, an undertaking from the relevant government to take full responsibility of the student and to pay all costs, should it become necessary to deport the student 

Medical and radiology reports 

An unabridged birth certificate in the case of minors. 

In the case of a minor, the particulars of the person in the Republic of South Africa who will act as the learner’s guardian and a letter from such person confirming guardianship

Consent from both parents for your stay in South Africa, or from the parent who has sole custody, along with proof of sole custody

An official letter from the educational institution, where you intend to study, confirming provisional acceptance and the duration of the course.

Proof of medical cover renewed annually for the period of study with a medical scheme registered in terms of the Medical Schemes Act.

If you are 18 years and older, a police clearance certificate from each country in which you resided for 12 months or longer since the age of 18 years is required. This should be submitted with the application 

The holder of a study visa may conduct part-time work for a period not exceeding 20 hours per week. 

The overriding consideration in processing applications for study permits are that:

No foreigner may displace a South African citizen/resident at a local educational institution
The student must have proof of sufficient funds to pay for day- to-day living expenses, accommodation as well as tuition fees during his/her stay in South Africa 

The student must have adequate medical cover with a registered South African medical scheme and proof thereof 


Exchange Visas

Exchange Visas may be issued to foreigners who are not older than 25 years of age and wish to participate in cultural, economic or social exchange programmes administered by an organ of the State or a public higher educational institution in conjunction with an organ of a foreign state. Applications must be made at any regional office of the Department of Home Affairs or nearest South African embassy, mission or consulate abroad.

The validity period of an exchange permit depends on the length of the programme for which it is issued and usually does not exceed 12 months. Exchange permits cannot be renewed or extended. 

Should you successfully apply for an exchange permit, you will not qualify for a temporary residence permit until you have lived outside the Republic of South Africa for at least 12 months.

If you require an exchange visas in order to take part in a programme administered or organized by a learning institution in South Africa in conjunction with a learning institution/organ of a foreign state (Section 22(a) of the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No. 13 of 2002)),
the following documents are required: 

A duly completed application Form BI-1738 

A passport valid for no less than 30 days after the expiry of intended visit 

Payment of the prescribed fee 

A vaccination certificate, if required by the Act 

Proof of financial means to cover your living expenses during your stay in the Republic in the form of:

bank statements

cash available,
or 
travellers’ cheques 

Undertaking(s) by the host(s) in the Republic of South Africa 

Proof of medical cover 

A cash deposit equivalent to the value of a return ticket or an undertaking by the relevant institution to cover costs for deportation, if necessary 

Medical and radiology reports

A police clearance certificate from each country in which you resided for 12 months or longer since the age of 18 years

A letter from the Department of Education or a public higher educational institution in the South Africa, confirming that it is responsible for organizing/administering the programme, outlining the activities and duration thereof, as well as confirming that it will take full responsibility for the student whilst he/she is in the country

A letter from an organ of the foreign state, confirming the particulars of the student, including confirmation of the student’s registration with a tertiary educational institution abroad, as well as the date on which study will commence 

A report from a South African organ of state or learning institution prescribed in regulation 19(3) 

If you require an exchange visa in order to take part in a programme administered or organized by an organ of the state (Section 22(a) of the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No. 13 of 2002)),
you must submit the following:

A duly completed application Form BI-1738 

A passport valid for no less than 30 days after the expiry of intended visit

Payment of the prescribed fee 

A vaccination certificate, if required by the Act

Proof of financial means to cover your living expenses during your stay in the Republic in the form of: 

bank statements 

cash available,
or 
travellers’ cheques 

Undertaking(s) by the host(s) in the Republic of South Africa

Proof of medical cover 
Medical and radiology reports 

A cash deposit equivalent to the value of a return ticket or an undertaking by the relevant institution to cover costs for deportation, if necessary, along with proof of a return ticket 

A letter from the organ of state confirming the status/existence of the exchange programme. 

A letter from the educational institution abroad confirming your enrolment or a letter from the foreign state organ confirming your participation in the programme and their awareness of the exchange programme.

Annual reports from the sponsoring body, outlining progress of the programme. In the absence of a sponsoring body, the educational institution or organ of state must submit the reports.
A police clearance certificate from each country in which you resided for 12 months or longer since the age of 18 years

To apply for an exchange visa issued according to Section 22(b) of the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No. 13 of 2002) you must submit the following documentation at the nearest South African embassy, mission or consulate in your country of origin:
A duly completed application Form BI-1738 

A passport valid for no less than 30 days after the expiry of intended visit

Payment of the prescribed fee 

A vaccination certificate, if required by the Act 

Proof of financial means to cover your living expenses during your stay in the Republic in the form of: 

bank statements

cash available,
or 
travellers’ cheques

Undertaking(s) by the host(s) in the Republic of South Africa 

Proof of medical cover 

Medical and radiology reports 

A cash deposit equivalent to the value of a return ticket or an undertaking by the relevant institution to cover costs for deportation, if necessary, along with proof of a return ticket

A police clearance certificate from each country in which you resided for 12 months or longer since the age of 18 years 

A statement from the prospective employer confirming that:

the position for which the exchange permit will be issued exists
that your remuneration complies with labour requirements

the employer will provide for your welfare and needs whilst in its employ 

the employer will inform the Department if you do not comply with the terms and conditions of your permit or leave the Republic 

you will leave the country when your permit expires. 

You will not qualify for a permanent residence permit within 2 years after the expiry of your exchange permit. 


https://www.dha.gov.za/index.php/immigration-services/types-of-visas#:~:text=Requirements%20for%20entering%20South%20Africa,of%20Africa%20or%20South%20America.

Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:10,000 children worldwide starve to death every single day.

Why do we allow that to happen? We have plenty of food.

Why are we letting 10,000 children per day starve to death?


Sounds like we need a federal agency tasked with providing AID around the world. . .maybe it could be called USAID or something clever like that. . .oh. . .wait. . .
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It sounds like she only needs to go to the hospital every six weeks. Couldn’t she fly in from Mexico?

Also how does Mexico simply not offer this treatment?! So every kid in Mexico with this condition just… dies?!?


It sounds like they do have treatment for short bowel syndrome. But this girl needs a special type of treatment.


Her family prefers this treatment.

This would be a different scenario if the treatment had a foreseeable end. This child needs lifelong care. It shouldn't be US taxpayer responsibility to cover this.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We get that you strongly dislike Trump and his supporters and it feels good to call us names.

But try to look at immigration seriously for a moment. what do you want the US policy to be?

Are you saying that the laws should be enforced but there should be exceptions for extreme medical needs of minors?

Or are you saying that the border should be open to all and no enforcement?

Trump supporters deserve every bad name they are called. Truly despicable human beings.


more name calling, but you can't give a serious answer to the question. no wonder you were creamed in the 2024 election.

Maybe it happened because there are too many dumb people in this country.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:10,000 children worldwide starve to death every single day.

Why do we allow that to happen? We have plenty of food.

Why are we letting 10,000 children per day starve to death?


Sounds like we need a federal agency tasked with providing AID around the world. . .maybe it could be called USAID or something clever like that. . .oh. . .wait. . .


So why are 10,000 children per day starving to death worldwide?

We should bring every starving child to the US.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It sounds like she only needs to go to the hospital every six weeks. Couldn’t she fly in from Mexico?

Also how does Mexico simply not offer this treatment?! So every kid in Mexico with this condition just… dies?!?


It sounds like they do have treatment for short bowel syndrome. But this girl needs a special type of treatment.


Her family prefers this treatment.

This would be a different scenario if the treatment had a foreseeable end. This child needs lifelong care. It shouldn't be US taxpayer responsibility to cover this.


The little girl will receive care as she did before coming to the US.

You are correct; it’s not the care her parents prefer; but also, it’s not a death sentence.

So, there are tens of thousands of children who don’t receive enough food/nutrition each day and die.

Should we not ensure every child in the world receives enough nutrition to live?

The parents of those children want their children to live, too.

Why do we not ensure all children have sufficient nutrition to maintain their lives?
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