SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Tuesday said she will soon issue a ruling in a case that could potentially give a Livermore father deported to Mexico a path back to the U.S. to be reunited with his family.

For Miguel Lopez, who was deported this past summer, the decision in the U.S. District Court of Northern California could be his last chance to return to the Tri-Valley, where he raised his family and worked as a welder at a vineyard.

U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson, after hearing from Lopez’s attorney and an assistant U.S. attorney, took the arguments under submission and expects to issue a tentative or full order by the next court date set for Oct. 30. Lopez, who is living outside of Mexico City, did not remotely attend the Tuesday afternoon hearing held in a San Francisco fede

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