by Julie Watts
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — It was an emotional reunion as an immigrant family, separated at the border, met again at San Francisco International Airport on Thursday afternoon.
Three-year-old Sophia was taken into custody by immigration officials at the border in June when the family attempted to cross the border from Mexico at an official border crossing, seeking asylum. It happened on the day that the Trump administration reversed its executive order to stop separating families at the border, but Sophia was taken anyway.
When they tearfully reunited, it was the first time that Sophia had seen her biological mother or grandmother in months.
KPIX 5 first met Sophia and her grandmother Angelica on the other side of the border with CBS reporter Mireya Villarreal.
“You are scared that they are going to separate you?” Villarreal asked Angelica.
“That is the reason you are not crossing; you are scared,” she realized.
But Angelica, who is Sophia’s legal guardian, had a change of heart the day President Trump reversed his decision to separate children from their families.
CBS News cameras followed Sophia and her grandmother across the border, who were no longer afraid of being separated. But a week later, their worst fears came true when Sophia was taken away.
CBS News cameras followed Sophia and her grandmother across the border, who were no longer afraid of being separated. But a week later, their worst fears came true when Sophia was taken away.
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