Tijuana, Mexico — Just three miles across the U.S.-Mexico border from San Diego, deportees in Tijuana are starting a new life. Among them is Juan Carlos, an immigrant from Mexico who had lived in the U.S. for 19 years. On June 24, his construction crew stopped at a Home Depot in the City of Industry, California — near Los Angeles — to pick up supplies when he was cornered by federal immigration agents.

"As soon as I saw them, I tried to run," said Juan Carlos, who lived in the U.S. for 19 years. and whose arrest was captured on cell phone video.

He says he spent two weeks in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention before agreeing to sign deportation paperwork.

"Los Angeles gave me many things," Juan Carlos told CBS News. "It gave me opportunities. It gave me another kind of

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