Sen. Chris Van Hollen said he would “not rest” until MS-13 member Kilmer Abrego Garcia, who was deported to his home country’s mega prison, is brought back to the United States during a trip to El Salvador on Wednesday.
Van Hollen described the man as “illegally accused” and traveled to El Salvador to discuss his efforts to bring the man Back to Maryland, Where he lived illegally.
The senator was able to speak to Vice President of Felix Augusto Antonio Ulloa Garrey, but was unable to contact Abrego Garcia in person or by phone.
“I fought all day in El Salvador for Abrego Garcia’s return,” Van Hollen said in the caption of a video posted to X on Wednesday night. “Trump administrators can lie to everything they want, but the court said he failed to show that he is part of the MS-13. This is to bring home a man who he admits should not be accused of. Until then, there will be no rest.”
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D-Md. Senator Chris Van Hollen traveled to El Salvador with the intention of visiting Kilmer Abrego Garcia, a member of the MS-13 gang who lived illegally in Maryland before being expelled to Mega’s prison on Wednesday. (Getty Images)
Van Hollen’s visit to El Salvador will come in two days An illegal foreigner in El Salvador has been found guilty On the Bel Air trail of rape and murdering five Maryland mom Rachel Morin.
Morin’s mother Patty says Van Hollen has never reached out to her about the violent murder of her daughter in Maryland, but he prioritizes bringing the man who was kicked out of the country back to the state.
Van Hollen issued the following statement on his official Senate website shortly after Morin’s murderer was convicted, saying, “The verdict brings a measure of justice. [Rachel’s family] Very worth it[s]. ”
Patty Morin (left) said Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) had little acknowledged the murder of her daughter, Rachel Morin (right). (Dillon Mullan/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service
“The conviction of Rachel Morin’s murderer will not return Rachel to her family she is justified, but this verdict brings a measure of justice they deserve. We are grateful for the law enforcement officer who detained her murderer and the legal process to provide this justice.
“As I have said in the past, Americans have reformed our broken immigration system, improved public safety, Enhance border security. We can also do this while supporting the immigrant community and respecting the rights of individuals here legally. I am committed to doing both and continue to help my colleagues on both sides of the aisle move forward with this issue. ”
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While appearing at the White House press briefing on Wednesday, Patty Morin called out Van Hollen For his visit to El Salvador.
“And the Maryland senator who admitted or barely admitted my daughter, and the brutal death she endured, leaving behind five motherless children and now grandmotherless babies, can use my taxpayer money to fly to El Salvador and even American citizens to take home home,” she said. “Why does he have more rights than my daughter? For my grandchild?”
He didn’t talk to Patty Morin directly, but Van Hollen said in a video posted late Wednesday evening that he was concerned. All victims of crime. ”
He also said the United States has a court system to ensure criminals are held liable, saying, “People who have never committed a crime or were convicted of a crime have not disappeared from the United States and have been sent to infamous Salvador prisons like Abrego Garcia.”
“This is simply giving him a day in court. We use the court to make sure that we do not convict the innocent person and that we are convicted of the person we are,” he said.
Abrego Garcia is at the heart of a controversial debate after being deported to the “Center of Terrorism Confinement” (CECOT) in El Salvador on allegations of his gang affiliation, which his lawyers denied.
Ministry of Homeland Security According to “a proven, reliable source of information,” he shared an interview sheet with Fox News, Prince George County Police gang unit MS-13 intelligence team, who identified Abrego Garcia in 2019 as an active member of MS-13’s “Westerns” creek. Sources said he retained the rank of “Cekuo” and the fame of “Cele”;
According to the 2019 DHS interview document shared with Fox News, he claimed he had illegally entered the United States in 2019 on March 25, 2012, around March 25, 2012, around March 25, 2012, around March 25, 2012, around March 25, 2012, and around March 25, 2012, and then was eligible for deportation in 2019.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported to the “Terrorism Confinement Centre” (CECOT) in El Salvador on suspicion of partnering with the MS-13 gang. He was marked qualifying for deportation in 2019. (US District Court for the Maryland District via the AP)
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Van Hollen is not the only Democrat looking to visit Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. supreme court Last week, he upheld a decision ordered by a lower court.
The court “required that the government “promotes” the release of Abrego Garcia from custody in El Salvador and that his case be processed if he was not inappropriately sent to El Salvador.”
Trump management Although he agreed to clear the administrative obstacles that would prevent Abrego Garcia from returning to the United States, Attorney General Pam Bondy said that he would be “until El Salvador. If they want to return him.”
Peter Pinedo, Greg Wehner and Bill Melugin of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
