In a rare move, a Texas military veteran who was deported years ago was allowed back home. Now he’s a U.S. citizen.

Military veteran Frank De La Cruz, who now lives in El Paso, was deported to Mexico after being arrested more than a decade ago.Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas Tribune Editor’s note: This story contains explicit language. Frank De La Cruz’s to-do list for September wasn’t too different from the goals of many other Texas military veterans navigating life through a pandemic and economic uncertainty. He needed to renew his ID with Veterans Affairs, send out job applicati