Deported U.S. Army Veteran Returns Home to Las Cruces
News that matters Ivan Ocon became a naturalized U.S. Citizen on July 7, 2022 Las Cruces, NM – On this edition of PUENTES a la comunidad, bridges t...
News that matters Ivan Ocon became a naturalized U.S. Citizen on July 7, 2022 Las Cruces, NM – On this edition of PUENTES a la comunidad, bridges to the community, host Emily Guerra spoke with deported U.S. Army Veteran, Ivan Ocón, about his return home on July 5, 2022, to Las Cruces, New Mexico with the representation of Yale Law School's Veteran's Legal Services Clinic. Two days later he became a naturalized U.S. Citizen. Ocón was deported to Mexico for six years and was a director of the 'Deported Veteran's Support House-Juarez Bunker' along with José Francisco López, a Vietnam Veteran deported more than 20 years ago and still unable to return home.