article_snippet.sent: These pictures show the moving moments men, women and children living in the United States were reunited with women and children living in the United States deported relatives after the border gate to Mexico was temporarily opened on Sunday.
article_snippet.sent: With tears in her eyes, Yolanda Verona, from Tijuana, Mexico, bends down and embraces her seven-year-old granddaughter, Frida Villagomez - whom her has not seen in years - after the gate at Border Field State Park in California was briefly opened for Children's Day .
article_snippet.sent: Beaming: deported Ms Florencia speaks with deported Ms Florencia relatives through the border fence, which has only been opened to relatives once before - in 2013 .
article_snippet.sent: Aside from then and on Sunday, separated loved ones had only been able to speak to each other through the U.S./Mexico border fence, which has thick, steel mesh and is patrolled by officials.
article_snippet.sent: thick, steel mesh makes seeing each other nearly impossible - never mind touching.
article_snippet.sent: Couple: Hugo Alvarado, of San Diego, California, chats to Hugo Alvarado wife Guadalupe through the border fence, which is heavily patrolled by officials .
article_snippet.sent: Gazing out: Ms Florencia speaks with family members through the fence.
article_snippet.sent: Tight security: Border Patrol Officers are pictured standing by the gate in the fence, just minutes before four families were reunited . '