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CIUDAD JUAREZ (Reuters) - As U.S. President Joe Biden took the oath of office last Wednesday, Felipe Ortega sat in a van handcuffed and chained at the waist and feet, headed toward Mexico and the end of his 30-year life in the United States.
Mexican national Felipe Ortega, 58, cries whilst meeting with his family after being deported from the U.S. to Mexico, at the Paso del Norte border crossing bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
A day earlier, the 58-year-old grandfather of eight U.S. citizens was on his way to work when immigration agents surrounded his car in Midland, Texas, just blocks from his home. They told Ortega he had an outstanding deportation order from 15 years ago.