Lima, Peru (CNN) -- Daisy Cuevas suddenly became an international celebrity after touching on a hot topic during Michelle Obama's visit to her school last week. "My mom says that Barack Obama is taking away everybody that doesn't have papers," the 7-year-old said to the first lady during her visit to the girl's school in Maryland. "Yeah, well that's something that we have to work on, right? To make sure that people can be here with the right kind of papers, right? That's exactly right," Obama replied. "But my mom doesn't have any," Daisy said. The episode transformed Daisy into a symbol of illegal immigration in the United States and prompted Immigration and Customs Enforcement to issue a statement dismissing rumors about an imminent deportation.
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Daisy Cuevas makes news when she tells Michelle Obama her mom doesn't have papers
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Daisy's older sister, Yuly, shares in the limelight at her school in Peru
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The girls' mother left Peru eight years ago in search of a better life in the U.S.
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Girls' grandparents in Peru fear daughter's deportation, but they're proud of Daisy
"They tell me: There is a girl exactly like you on television," says Yuly, who is two years older than @placeholder but who bears a strong physical resemblance to her sibling.