In a lawyer’s office in downtown Los Angeles, a little girl sits at a desk made for adults – tiny trainers dangling off the edge of a swivel chair.

She’s surrounded by dozens of TV cameras but has no understanding of why she’s suddenly the centre of attention.

Sofia, whose real name we are not using, is a gravely ill four-year-old caught in the crosshairs of Donald Trump’s sweeping and often indiscriminate immigration policy.

The White House has ordered she leaves the US immediately, but Sofia’s doctors at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles say that – if she is sent back to her home country of Mexico and her treatment stops – she could die within days.

As Sofia places rainbow stickers carefully in a book and plays snap, the lawyers fighting for her to remain in the US speak at a podium on her behalf.

“We’re sending them to die,” Gina Amato Lough, a lawyer for the pro bono firm Public Counsel, says.

“That’s not justice and it doesn’t make us any safer. We cannot let our country turn its back on this child.”

Sofia wears a backpack for 14 hours at night and four hours during the day which keeps her alive – containing nutrients she can’t absorb naturally.

It is cutting-edge healthcare only available in the US.

She was born with short bowel syndrome, a debilitating and life-threatening condition that meant she spent most of the first two years of her life in hospital.

Under the Biden administration, Sofia and her mother Deysi entered the US legally in July 2023 – granted humanitarian parole to access medical care for two years.

But in April – three months into Donald Trump’s presidency – the 28-year-old received a letter from the Department of Homeland Security, informing her that the family’s right to stay in the country was being revoked.

“It is time to leave the United States,” the first line of the letter reads.

“Even before getting the letters, I would hear in the news how many people are being deported, even with humanitarian paroles, and I worried a lot,” Deysi says.

“I was always walking down the street looking over my shoulder, there is so much fear and so much anxiety, it’s very hard.

“It’s always in my mind that my daughter can die. It may not sound real, but it is really what will happen if my daughter is not connected to her treatment.”

Sofia’s lawyers warn that if there is an interruption to her treatment, her doctors say it could be “fatal within days”.

The lawyers have written to officials within the Trump administration, but say they haven’t heard back yet.

“It seems as if nobody noticed that this child is four years old and that she will die without her treatment,” Ms Lough says.

“And not only have they not responded, but they have continued sending notices to the family verifying that their status has been cancelled and that they are required to leave the United States immediately.

“Sofia’s doctors have been clear that she will die within days. Deporting this family under these conditions is not only unlawful, it constitutes a moral failure that violates the basic tenets of humanity and decency.”

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In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said: “Any reporting that [the family] are actively being deported are FALSE. This family applied for humanitarian parole on May 14, 2025, and the application is still being considered.”

When approached by Sky News, Trump’s border czar Tom Homan denied specific knowledge of Sofia’s case, but said he would instruct the White House press office to “look into” the circumstances.

For now, Sofia is a tiny symbol of the human casualties of often unbending and ruthless immigration policy.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s ex-partner has given birth two weeks after testifying against him – as his legal team failed in a bid to declare a mistrial.

Cassie Ventura gave birth to her third child with partner Alex Fine after going into labour on Tuesday, a close source told Sky’s US partner network NBC News on Wednesday.

The news was later confirmed by her friend and former stylist Deonte Nash, who told Diddy‘s trial that he last spoke to her “after she had the baby yesterday [Tuesday]”.

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Combs, 55, is accused of two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, and one of conspiring to racketeer. He denies all the charges.

Cassie had given evidence while she was more than eight months pregnant. The 38-year-old told the trial that Diddy subjected her to physical, sexual and mental abuse for much of their 11-year relationship.

She alleged he forced her into “hundreds” of drug-fuelled sex sessions with male escorts while he watched, which he referred to as “freak offs”.

News of the birth came on the same day Combs’s legal team tried in vain to get the judge to declare a mistrial.

Alexandra Shapiro, one of Diddy’s attorneys, moved for the mistrial just before the court broke for lunch, during evidence by Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) arson investigator Lance Jiminez.

According to Ms Shapiro, Mr Jiminez’s claim that police destroyed fingerprint evidence collected at the scene of an alleged 2012 Molotov cocktail attack on rapper Kid Cudi’s car would lead the jury to believe Combs had something to do with it.

She accused the prosecution of “misconduct” and claimed their questioning of Mr Jiminez was “designed to play into that” narrative.

Another of Diddy’s defence lawyers Marc Agnifilo described the prosecution’s conduct as “outrageous”.

However, prosecution attorney Christy Slavik hit back by saying a mistrial was “completely unwarranted”.

She insisted questions about the destruction of evidence were asked to highlight the poor quality of the police investigation.

Judge Arun Subramanian dismissed the motion and instead told jurors to disregard any reference to the fingerprints.

Earlier on Wednesday, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer Chris Ignacio detailed the alleged break-in at Kid Cudi’s home in December 2011.

He was called to the scene and noticed a Cadillac Escalade parked in front of the property, the number plate for which later transpired to be registered to Bad Boy Productions, Diddy’s record label.

During his evidence, Cudi alleged it was Diddy who was behind the break-in.

Mr Jiminez then testified about an alleged Molotov cocktail attack on Cudi’s car the following month.

Having investigated the incident, he concluded it was “not a random act” and that the makeshift firebomb had been placed there deliberately, in line with Cudi’s claims.

When Diddy and Cassie’s former stylist Mr Nash took to the stand, he detailed several incidents of alleged violence inflicted on the singer by her then partner.

On one occasion, Diddy turned up at her LA flat, “grabbed her by the hair”, “kicked her” and “hit her pretty hard”, he claimed.

When she hit her head on a bed frame, she suffered a gash to her forehead and eyebrow, he said.

Both he and Mia, a second alleged witness, jumped on the rapper’s back to get him to stop, he told the court.

Following another incident when Diddy demanded to see Cassie, she threatened to “go over the balcony”, Mr Nash told the jury.

Diddy was violent towards him too, he said, once choking him against a car and threatening him not to go out with Cassie and without him.

Despite all this, Mr Nash said he “doesn’t hate” Diddy – and that he had been compelled to give evidence as part of a subpoena.

Mia, which is a pseudonym used to protect her identity, was due to start her evidence on Wednesday but Mr Nash’s testimony overran.

He will resume giving evidence on Thursday, with Mia’s evidence due to last until the court breaks for the weekend.

The trial continues.

A trade court in the US has blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping global tariffs on imports.

The ruling from a three-judge panel at the Court of International Trade came after several lawsuits arguing Trump has exceeded his authority, left U.S. trade policy dependent on his whims and unleashed economic chaos.

“The Worldwide and Retaliatory Tariff Orders exceed any authority granted to the President by IEEPA to regulate importation by means of tariffs,” the court wrote, referring to the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

The White House is yet to respond.

The Trump administration is expected to appeal.

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