She handed him a letter – accompanied by a delightful drawing of the pope with children of different races – pleading for a comprehensive immigration reform that might save her parents from deportation. “She handed the pope a letter asking him to support the drive to legalize undocumented migrants living in the United States“, the parish said when contacted by AFP.
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She said: “I am American citizen with Mexican roots”.
“I want to tell you that my heart is sad“, Guardian quoted her as saying. “Because they deserve to come out of the darkness and be recognized for the heard work that they do, like my dad, who I nearly never see”. “As the son of an immigrant family, I am happy to be a guest in this country, which was largely built by such families,” he said. What to do about the millions of undocumented people in the country has politicians scratching their heads, and recently, this group has been under scrutiny after one illegal immigrant shot and killed American Kate Steinle in San Francisco in July, while she walked with her dad. They deserve to be respected.
“I spent a number of years in law enforcement dealing with some of the worst criminals, child rapists and murderers, people who’ve committed unspeakable acts”, Cruz said, via Politico.
As the papal procession inched its way through Washington’s National Mall on 23 September, little Sofia Cruz stepped out from the crowd and boldly made her way towards the Popemobile clutching a yellow T-shirt. Vatican spokespersons insisted that the Pope’s action was meant to demonstrate the long history of Hispanics in the U.S. Capturing the cross-ideological appeal of the Pope’s overall message, she was also a fierce opponent of birth control and abortion.
The same group, which includes members of the Hermandad Mexicana Transnacional, orchestrated an equally successful effort in Rome previous year with 10-year-old Jersey Vargas, who pleaded with Francis to urge President Barack Obama to free her immigrant father from a Louisiana detention center.
Earlier, after a guard brought her back to her father and the rest of the group, Sophie was crying.
“Pope Francis has been a powerful voice for life, a powerful voice for marriage, and a powerful voice for religious liberty”, said Cruz.
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Although the pontiff didn’t get specific about immigration legislation, he “essentially called for unlimited immigration” by telling Congress not to be taken aback by the huge number of immigrants seeking to come to the US from Central America and other regions, Krikorian said.
