A California pre-teen took her plea for immigration reform straight to the Pope, urging the Holy Father to address the issue during his private audience with President Obama.
Jersey Vargas, 10, pushed through the Vatican crowd on Wednesday hoping the Pope would notice her among the swarms of gatherers so she could tell him about her father, Mario, who is steps away from deportation.
Pope Francis did spot the eager fourth-grader and leaned in across a barrier to hear her story, promising to raise the matter during his meeting with Obama the next day.
Confident she had "completed her mission," Vargas said she felt "much more assured" after speaking with the Holy Father, who was true to his word and discussed the situation with the President.
Obama told reporters after his visit to the Vatican on Thursday that Pope Francis is "very mindful of the plight of so many immigrants."
"Many of their children are U.S. citizens, and yet they still live in the shadows, in many cases have been deported and are separated from families."
"I described to him how I felt there was still an opportunity for us to make this right and get a law passed," the President said.
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