Web Posted: 02/14/2009 11:12 CST
Deportees sent home to problems they left
By Hernán Rozemberg- Express-News

SAN VICENTE, El Salvador — Pablo GarcÃ*a watched as the door slowly opened and a figure appeared from the dimly lit room, gingerly shuffling toward him.
José GarcÃ*a, ailing from kidney complications, nearly deaf and fearing imminent death, had no idea if he’d see his son again. But there he was at the family’s downtown home, standing in front of him.

The father, a scrawny man of few words without the energy to string together long sentences, quietly and gently embraced his son, who relinquished his stoic nature for tears and sobs.

“He’s the soul of my life,â€