Democratic lawmakers led by Sen. Chris Van Hollen say they are willing to go to El Salvador to seek the release of a man who the Justice Department says it mistakenly deported there — a plan that has gained steam after the country’s president said during a visit to the White House that he would not send the man back to the U.S.

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    21 hours ago

    I don’t even know what would be “best” for Kilmar considering he came to America to flee gang violence in El Salvador so…

    On the one hand: It is very probable that they just don’t have any records. And it is finding one guy based on a photo of him from a month or two back in a giant mass of “hispanic men”. So it is going “block” by “block” to line everyone up and compare them to a photo. Keeping in mind that his appearance has likely changed due to having his head shaved, stress/terror and, likely, violence.

    And the other is that he is probably dead. Because he was thrown in a “maximum security” concentration camp with many of the gangs he fled from.