BRAWLEY, Calif.
Ramon Castro started Monday on a walk from Friendship Park on the San Ysidro border near San Diego with plans to keep going.
He’ll head east along the border for 1,954 miles and 45 days, until he reaches the end of the U.S. border with Mexico, near Brownville, Texas.
Castro, a Brawley City Council member, will join the twice monthly board meetings via Zoom while on the road.
“My family thinks I’m crazy,” Castro said. But he is letting his feet do the talking, as well as the walking.
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Castro, who served in the Marine Corps for eight years and was in Kuwait during the Iraq War, is walking the border to focus attention on noncitizen U.S. veterans who have been deported for committing crimes.
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Alex Murillo salutes an American flag. (Courtesy of Alex Murillo) My family expected me home, but that s not what happened. Instead, I was exiled for the rest of my life, Murillo said. (Courtesy of Alex Murillo)
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(Courtesy of José Francisco López) It s very painful. And I mean, I m still, it s still it s fresh. This happened four years ago, and when that happened it s like it just happened yesterday, you know? (Courtesy of Iván Ocón)
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