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Five-year-old Sophie Cruz makes it past security to greet Pope Francis at parade before hand delivering letter asking pontiff to push for US immigration reform
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/sep/23/pope-francis-in-washington-dc-live-coverage#block-5602f995e4b0dad81683fb29
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'Let Her Come To Me' (Original Post)
kpete
Sep 2015
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she gave him a letter asking to help not deport her parents. When asked how she
roguevalley
Sep 2015
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AllFieldsRequired
(489 posts)1. No wonder the Teaparty and GOP hate this guy.
gateley
(62,683 posts)2. Check out the look on her face! She's just precious!
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)3. Yes. A favorite picture of mine is of an extremely elderly woman looking
up into his face smiling at her. No idea what she was thinking, but it must have been a very special moment near the end of her life.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)4. she gave him a letter asking to help not deport her parents. When asked how she
had the guts to do this bold thing, she said, "God made me this way." Love them both
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)5. Her letter to the Pope included a drawing...
https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=
The letter Sophie Cruz, 5, of Los Angeles gave to the pope. It reads, My friends and I love each other no matter our skin color. (Arelis Hernandez/The Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/09/23/meet-the-5-year-old-who-gave-the-pope-a-letter-because-she-doesnt-want-her-parents-deported/
The letter Sophie Cruz, 5, of Los Angeles gave to the pope. It reads, My friends and I love each other no matter our skin color. (Arelis Hernandez/The Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/09/23/meet-the-5-year-old-who-gave-the-pope-a-letter-because-she-doesnt-want-her-parents-deported/
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)6. OK, who's chopping onions in here?
What a sweet little girl Sophie is.
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)7. Really dusty in here.
Got something in my eye
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)8. But....but....but he drives a FIAT!!!!!
What exactly that means, I don't know.
Cool pic.