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Five-year-old Sophie Cruz, the daughter of two undocumented immigrants, reached the pope on her second attempt Wednesday after he motioned for her to approach his popemobile.
Sophie, of Los Angeles, wanted to meet with Pope Francis after becoming scared that her parents could be deported. Unlike her parents, she and her sister are American citizens.
“She lives it every day,” her father, Raul Cruz, said in Spanish. “She sees family get separated, and we always tell her the truth when she asks why.”
Security stopped Sophie as she first approached the pope during a parade at the Ellipse outside the White House. On her second attempt, after her father lifted her over the barricade, Francis motioned for her to come over, and security obliged.
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