A month after being deported to Mexico, Jesus Vazquez, a 25-year-old Fort Worth father, is adjusting to life in a country he never knew while trying to reunite with the family he left behind in the U.S.
In early March, Vazquez was deported after three months in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers. He had come to the U.S. from Mexico as a baby but never received permanent citizenship. Vazquez was arrested in November during a routine ICE check-in.
On the day of his deportation, Vazquez said he was put in a van with other detainees and driven from a detention center in Laredo to the border. An ICE official walked them halfway across a bridge connecting the U.S. and Mexico, then told them good luck, Vazquez said…