The Trump administration is allowing a South Texas resident to return to the U.S. after immigration officials deported him earlier this year, despite being a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — an immigration status that protects immigrants from deportation.
José Contreras Diaz, 30, was arrested and quickly deported from the Rio Grande Valley to Honduras earlier this year while his wife was pregnant. His family had immigrated to the U.S. when he was 8.