Airman's deported mother inspires bill to protect 'patriot parents'

GOLETA, Calif. - Every day, Caesar Flores, a senior airman in the Air Force, thinks about his mother.

She supported his decision to enlist at 19 and was there to cheer him on when he graduated from basic training in September 2016.

Now, as he goes about his day to day work as a medical technician, the 22-year old's mind is weighed down by the fact that Juana Flores, who was in the country illegally, won't be around to celebrate other milestones.

The cause was a fateful decision Flores made decades ago: to leave California to visit her ailing mother in Mexico. She was arrested when she tried to cross back into the U.S. illegally.

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