Vivar and the others spent two days attending meetings with members of Congress lobbying to pass the Veterans Service Recognition Act, they also visited the White House and met with President Biden staffers.
"It was the most beautiful thing ever," he said. "And I still remember them opening that door for me, and I looked up, and the sun was shining, but it was shining from the U.S. side on my face and I’ll never forget that. . It’s still like a dream to be home.”
Murillo is one of hundreds of U.S. veterans deported to their countries of origin for committing crimes during or after their time in the U.S. military.
LULAC, which wrapped up its national convention in Albuquerque last week, is trying to make contact and avail legal resources to deported veterans in Mexico, El Salvador, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya and the United Kingdom, among others.