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Girl Helps Father’s Release From ICE Detention

โ€œEverything happens for a reason,โ€ would be a very honest statement from 10-year-old Jersey Vargasย who allowed for her father’s release from ICE Detention when sheย traveled to the Vatican last week to speak with Pope Francis. Jersey Vargasโ€™ father, Mario Vargas, was detained in a Louisiana ICE detention facility after being arrested and convicted for a DUI last year in Tennessee.

Jersey was 1-of-16 American children of immigrant parents that traveled to address the Pope in an effort to initiate a line of communication between he and President Obama on the subject of the U.S. immigration system. Not only did President Obama meet with the Pope last Thursday, but a cousin of Mr. Vargas saw Jersey on television and contacted the family to help post the bond!