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(CNN)During
the motorcade on the National Mall, Pope Francis stopped to kiss babies
and children. One young girl got through the barrier and handed the
Pope a letter.
At first, security stopped her, but the Pope signaled for her to come over. The crowd cheered as a guard lifted her to the Pope.
In a video posted on The Guardian, the girl, identified as 5-year-old Sophie Cruz from Los Angeles, reads the letter.
"Pope
Francis, I want to tell you that my heart is sad, and I would like to
ask you to speak with the President and the Congress in legalizing my
parents because everyday I am scared that one day they will take them
away from me," she says.
"All immigrants just like my dad need this country," she says.
Cruz describes herself as an "American citizen with Mexican roots." She says her parents immigrated from Oaxaca, Mexico.
Her father, Raul, had a yellow T-shirt that read "Papa Rescata DAPA!", according to the Guardian.
The T-shirt's message asks the Pope to save the Deferred Action for
Parents of Americans, a program that seeks to postpone deportation for
undocumented parents of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents.
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