A Dad Separated From His Daughter, Resettles Across The Border After Deportation
Jose Mares came to the United States from Mexico when he was 8 years old. Last year, he was deported. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Mares about what it's like to be sent back to a country he hardly knew.
by Scott Simon
Jan 20, 2018
3 minutes
Jose Mares came to the United States when he was 8 years old. Now 39, he lives in his native Mexico, but when he arrived he hardly recognized his birth country. He calls the U.S. his home.
Mares was deported last year â separating the single father from his 18-year-old daughter at the time.
"I wish that I could, you know, wake up every morning and hug her and give her a kiss
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