Deported veteran returns to U.S. to become American citizen
AMY TAXIN
Deported veteran returns to U.S. to become American citizen
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It took nearly a decade and a federal lawsuit for U.S. Marine Corps veteran Hector Ocegueda to finally come home.
Following a conviction for intoxicated driving, he had been deported to Mexico, a country he left with his parents when he was a child. The 53-year-old has spent the past nine years living in Mexico but on Friday, will take the oath to become an American citizen — a step that allows him to return to his family in Southern California.