WASHINGTON — Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen arrived in El Salvador Wednesday to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite an
Sen. Chris Van Hollen is flying to El Salvador to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia after the mistakenly deported man was not returned by midweek, one of the senator's conditions for embarking on the trip.
The Trump administration and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said that they have no basis to send him back, even as the Supreme Court has called on the administration to facilitate his return.
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen arrived in El Salvador Wednesday to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite an immigration court order preventing his deportation.
The Salvadoran government rebuffed Chris Van Hollen’s request to meet or speak with the wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, accusing the Trump administration of lying about the man's gang ties.
Senator Chris Van Hollen was finally able to meet wrongly deported immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia. But at the last minute, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s aides staged one detail in their photo.
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele: "Kilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously risen from the 'death camps' & 'torture', now sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen in the tropical paradise of El Salvador!"
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