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Judi Lynn

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Thu Jun 7, 2018, 12:17 PM Jun 2018

Texas teen reunites with deported father in Mexico before graduation

Source: ABC News


A Texas teenager crossed the border into Mexico so her father could see her in her cap and gown.

Thursday, June 07, 2018 06:57AM


CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (KTRK) -- A Texas teenager gave her father, who has been deported, the opportunity to see her before she graduated high school by crossing the border to see him.

Leslie Silva tweeted a video of their brief reunion before she walked the stage.

Silva said that her father has been deported three times. He's now in Ciudad Jaurez, Mexico.

She crossed the border on June 3, so he could see her in her cap and gown before she graduated from Eastlake High School in El Paso.





Read more: http://abc13.com/society/texas-teen-reunites-with-deported-father-in-mexico-before-graduation-/3572694/

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Texas teen reunites with deported father in Mexico before graduation (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2018 OP
Heartbreaking. SunSeeker Jun 2018 #1
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