It was a mistake to deport him. But returning to the US became nearly impossible.

[Global Nation] “It’s like the goal posts are always moving, there’s no predictability.” Returning to the US, even if you've been deported by mistake, is not for the faint of heart. Herbeth Cortez Gaitan waited 16 years for his asylum application to be processed and then rejected. He was deported but a federal court found that immigration courts ruled incorrectly in his case. He waited two more years to be able to return to the US from Guatemala. “It’s the type of pain that can kill a person, little by little, if you don’t put yourself in God's hands," he says. [More on his deportation and the hurdles to getting back to the US.]( In case you missed them, here are a few more stories from Global Nation: [As Muslim students fight for protection, some parents battle to keep Islam out of schools]( The San Diego school district worked with a Muslim organization after Muslim students said they were bullied. A group of parents sued, saying the school district singled out Muslim students as a special religious group. [A gift from small-town Iowa brings light to Paraguay’s capital]( Ottumwa, Iowa’s centenarian B’nai Jacob synagogue held its final service in May — but the congregation’s story lives on in the heart of South America through one of its Torahs, the sacred Jewish text. [Separated from their kids by deportation, these parents raise their family long-distance]( Post-deportation, two parents now back in Mexico parent long-distance, checking in with their children daily on everything from what's for breakfast to schoolwork to paying the mortgage. [Yes, they came as refugees, but on ‘Queen Sugar’ this family from Vietnam gets to be so much more]( “The fact that the director allowed me to breathe and thought me worthy to take up space, it’s such a simple, subtle thing, but it was startling to me,” says Elyse Dinh who plays Mrs. Phan. [Haiti has a burgeoning entrepreneur scene, but can it make room for Haitians forced to return from the US?]( Temporary Protected Status for Haitians runs out on July 22, 2019. There are about 58,000 Haitians and their 27,000 US-born children who will be affected. Thanks for reading! —Marnette Federis, Associate Editor [GlobalNation FB]( [Global Nation Twitter]( [Edit your subscription]( | [Unsubscribe]( Global Nation is a part of PRI - Public Radio International.