A man living in Longview was one of more than 200 immigrants sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador in March — and his mother says he doesn’t belong there.

Francisco Garcia Casique, 24, came to the U.S. illegally in 2023 to help support his family and start a career as a barber. He settled in Longview and worked at Hulk’s Barbershop and Beauty Salon.

He was arrested by federal immigration officials in February, and one month later, he was sent to the Terrorism Confinement Center, a maximum security prison in El Salvador that houses gang members.

Federal immigration officials have stated that the men sent to the prison, including Garcia Casique, have ties to Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan street gang that President Donald Trump has classified as a terrorist organization.

But his

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