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Even as they strug­gle to cope with be­ing sep­a­rat­ed from their rel­a­tives and the lives they cre­at­ed for them­selves abroad, three de­por­tees from the Unit­ed States say they are op­ti­mistic they can make a fresh start in T&T.

Jude Mar­cano, 33, An­dre Clarke, 61 and Calvert Gar­raway, 62, were among 17 de­por­tees who ar­rived in T&T ear­ly on Sat­ur­day morn­ing.

The trio had jobs and fam­i­lies in the US but said there are few fa­mil­ial or pro­fes­sion­al ties to their coun­try of ori­gin. How­ev­er, they are de­ter­mined to make the most of their cur­rent cir­cum­stances.