Texas high school graduate meets her dad on border bridge after he couldn't attend graduation ceremony: 'It's like I fulfilled the dreams of both my mom and dad to find better opportunities that they didn't have.'
As she looked around the room during her graduation ceremony last Friday, a Texas high school graduate knew one person was missing from the room: her father.
Sarai Ruiz met her father after on the Gateway to the Americas Bridge so he could see her in her graduation attire.On her graduation day, her father wasn't able to attend since he cannot re-enter the U.S. Ruiz shared a video of the moment on Facebook, which has been viewed more than 2.8 million times since May 25, writing, “I knew my father would never see me walk to get my diploma but today I’d thought I’d surprise him by crossing the bridge so he could see me with my cap and gown.”
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