After fighting in Afghanistan, former United States Army soldier Mauricio Hernandez Mata returned home with post-traumatic stress, which he says eventually led to trouble with the law. He was then deported to Mexico, a country he had not lived in since he was a boy.But on Wednesday, he and another deported veteran were sworn in as US citizens at a special naturalisation ceremony in San Diego, California.The two veterans were among 65 people who have been allowed back into the US over the past year as part of a growing effort by President Joe Biden’s administration to make amends with immigrants who served in the US military only to wind up deported.
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