Supporters of deported U.S. Army veteran Hector Barajas-Varela—consisting of deported mothers and other U.S. military veterans—gather in Tijuana, Baja California, México, before he is sworn in as a U.S. citizen later that day in San Diego, Calif., Friday, April 13, 2018.

Barajas-Varela, not present in this photograph, spent a total of 14 years living in Mexico after two separate deportations in 2004 and 2010.