Sol, left, a 14-year-old from Agentina, kisses 8-year-old Maddie Hazelton as they play together in the kitchen of Sol's foster parents, Andy and Caroline Hazelton, in Homestead, Fla.

Snuggling on the sofa across from the Christmas tree, Sol proudly showed off the dog her foster parents gave her for earning all A’s even though she crossed the southern U.S. border knowing very little English.

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