Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) flew all the best way to El Salvador for a photograph op in his struggle to smuggle deported MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia again to the US.
“I simply landed in San Salvador a short time in the past, and I sit up for assembly with the group on the U.S. embassy to debate the discharge of Mr. Abrego Garcia,” Van Hollen stated.
“I additionally hope to satisfy with Salvadoran officers and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally kidnapped and wishes to return dwelling,” he added.
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I simply landed in San Salvador a short time in the past, and I sit up for assembly with the group on the U.S. embassy to debate the discharge of Mr. Abrego Garcia.
I additionally hope to satisfy with Salvadoran officers and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally kidnapped and wishes to return dwelling. pic.twitter.com/MzKe7U8Wwr
— Senator Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) April 16, 2025
To be clear, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is now dwelling in his native nation of El Salvador and Van Hollen is making an attempt to take him out of his dwelling nation and smuggle him over the US border.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is an El Salvadorian nationwide who was illegally residing in Maryland. In 2019, an immigration choose ordered Abrego Garcia, an alleged member of the harmful MS-13 gang, faraway from the US.
Abrego Garcia is at present being held at El Salvador’s infamous CECOT jail.
Chris Van Hollen traveled to El Salvador the place he was soundly rejected by the Vice President.
What a joke.
Senator Van Hollen stated his request to satisfy with El Salvador’s Vice President was denied.
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NEW: Maryland Senator @ChrisVanHollen says his request made to the VP of El Salvador to go to Kilmar Abrego Garcia was denied.
The senator stated he was advised by the Vice President “it is advisable to make earlier provisions to go to CECOT.”
Van Hollen says he wasn’t in a position to meet with… pic.twitter.com/FRBYuutcNY
— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) April 16, 2025
The US Supreme Courtroom final Thursday ordered the US to facilitate the return of alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose deportation was beforehand blocked by a choose over his security issues. Nonetheless, as The Gateway Pundit reported, Trump’s DOJ argued that “federal courts haven’t any authority to direct the Govt Department to conduct international relations in a selected method or interact with a international sovereign in a given method,” and that they can not forcibly take the person again or drive El Salvador to return him.

Photograph courtesy of En Vivo – Screenshot from video.
Decide Paula Xinis an Obama appointee, slammed the Trump Administration throughout Friday’s listening to and demanded ‘each day updates’ on Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s whereabouts.
The choose stated the Trump Admin has made “no significant effort to conform” together with her order demanding the bodily location and custodial standing of Abrego Garcia.
Trump stated he doesn’t have to ask El Salvador to do something and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele made it clear on Monday that he was not going to smuggle a terrorist into the US.