“Pope Francis I want to tell you that my heart is sad…because everyday I am scared that one day they will take them away from me.”
Sophie Cruz, a 5-year-old U.S. citizen, got the attention of Pope Francis on Wednesday as he was in a motorcade in Washington, D.C., and he waved off security so she could give him a t-shirt and a letter.
In the letter she asked him to get President Obama and Congress to pass an immigration overhaul so her Mexican immigrant parents can stay in the country. "My heart is sad," she wrote in the letter, over the fear they will be deported.
Alex Brandon / AP
The California native at first tried unsuccessfully to juke past security. She was part of a group from La Senora Reina de Los Angeles Church.
Alex Brandon / AP
The shirt said "Papa Rescate DAPA," in Spanish, asking for the Pope to help save Obama's immigration actions that are held up in court after a legal challenge, which would shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation.
Andrew Harnik / AP
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