Kristi Noem Refuses To Confirm If Gay Makeup Artist Stuck In El Salvador Prison Is Even Alive

The U.S. homeland security secretary on Wednesday refused to confirm whether a gay makeup artist disappeared by the Trump administration to an infamous Salvadoran prison two months ago was even alive.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the man, Andry Hernández Romero, was simply not her problem. Hernández Romero is the one of hundreds of people banished by the United States to the notorious prison camp without charge or trial.

“This individual is in El Salvador, and the appeal would be best made to the president, and to the government, of El Salvador,” Noem told Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) during a hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee.

Garcia kept pushing, asking Noem to request a “proof-of-life” for Hernández Romero from the government of El Salvador.

“This is not under my jurisdiction,” Noem said.