President Biden's immigration changes too late for grandfather deported on Inauguration Day
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Last Updated: Jan 27, 2021, 04:46 PM IST
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In one of his first acts of office, Biden rescinded an executive order by former President Donald Trump that had targeted more immigrants living in the country illegally for arrest and deportation, including those with no criminal records like Ortega.
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Mexican national Felipe Ortega, 59, 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
CIUDAD JUAREZ: 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.