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Robert Vivar was given the green light to enter and apply for residency in the United States after years of advocating for others as a border activist for deported veterans, migrants and asylum seekers looking for a chance themselves to be given permission to apply and cross to the U.S. through the legal court system. Vivar handed his paperwork with his lawyer present at the San Ysidro Port of Entry on U.S. Veterans Day in Tijuana, Mexico on Thursday, November 11, 2021. — Robert was deported eight years ago from the U.S. and lived in Tijuana during that time. He became involved with deportees and other migrants seeking their “American Dream” when he joined the organization Unified U.S. Deported Veterans Resource Center (which has an office near the San Ysidro Port of Entry). Robert’s involvement and interest in the deported veterans came from his own background as a deported migrant himself and his family ties to U.S. military service; his son is currently serving as an active duty military officer and his two brothers who are veterans. — Last two images shot in December 2019 and June 2021 of Robert giving a tour of the Playas Tijuana border to U.S. Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and him organizing asylum seekers to cross to San Diego, California for their U.S court hearings. — #onassignment #veterans #deportedveterans #veteransday #everydayusa #sandiego #tijuana #tijuanamexico #mexico #edca #migration #photojournalism #archive #fotoperiodismo #documentaryphotography #everydaymexico #everydaylatinamerica #everydaylafrontera #everydaysocialjustice #everydayeverywhere #reportagespotlight #everydaymigration #usmexicoborder #frontera #fronterizo #lightstalker (at USA-Mexico Border, Tijuana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWJgu-QhrhA/?utm_medium=tumblr

United States Army veteran Hector Barajas (right) honors fallen veterans at the Deported Veterans Support House for Memorial Day to highlight their service and plight to keep on fighting for those living or dead to gain their status as U.S. citizens on Monday, May 27 2019. Barajas was granted citizenship on April 2018 after a long battle to gain his status when he first was deported in 2004 and later in 2010 due to felony convictions. Totaling a 14 year deportation in Tijuana, Mexico. To this day, he keeps advocating for his fellow comrades and recent deported veterans who have not gained their U.S. citizenship. The support house is used as a place to gather as a group and seek a solution to their deportation issues. Outside the office’s windows you can see a large U.S flag and their mantra of feeling and being “American Veterans in Exile.” The number of deported veterans is unknown and not tracked by the governments of the U.S. or Mexico. — #everydaymigration #deportedveterans #mexico #usa #usmexicoborder #Tijuana #tijuanamexico #everydayusa #everydaylatinamerica #everydayeverywhere #everydaymexico #onassignment #photojournalism #fotoperiodismo #documentaryphotography #blackwhitephoto #memorialday #usveterans (at Deported Veterans Support House) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx_YoVMlH2c/?igshid=1acth4ls13ps1

Got to hang with my Banished Veterans homies today!! Last time I visited Hector he was living in a tent, today he has built an amazing non-profit organization that works to shed light on deported veterans, works to get them their benefits, and works to get them on their feet! He is doing amazing work! He has an amazing heart and soul! We can only hope he and his comrades get back home! #deportedveterans #banishedveterans (at Deported Veterans Support House)

Today, veterans, civilians and other concerned people listened in on the #DeportedVeterans forum to learn about @deportedvets from @nathan_fletcher, @nchavezp, @deportedveteran (via #Skype), and formerly deported veteran Daniel Torres. Learn more at DeportedVets.org.