Maryland senator meets Kilmar Ábrego García in El Salvador amid battle over US return | US immigration
Senator Maryland Chris Van Holin met in El Salvador with Kilmar Ano Garcia, a man who sent him there before Trump administration In March, despite the Migration Court order it is forbidden to deport it.
Van Hollen posted a picture of the meeting on X, saying that he also called Obrego García’s wife to pass his message about love. “
The legislator has not submitted an update on the case of Abrego García, whose lawyers are fighting to force the Trump administration to facilitate his return to the United States.
It was not clear how the meeting was arranged, where they met or what would happen to Parisia. The President of El Salvador, Nayeb Boucil, published pictures of the meeting meetings before Van Holin participated, saying: “Now that he was confirmed in good health, he got the honor of staying in Al Salvador nursery.”
He continued to sarcastically: “Kilmar Anu Garcia, miraculously ascended from” death camps “and” torture “, and now Margarita is with Sin Van Holin in the tropical paradise of El Salvador!” Twitter with expressive flags of the United States and El Salvador ended with shaking hands with the emojis between them.
The meeting came in the hours that Fan Holin was deported that he was prevented from entering the highly security Al -Salvador prison while trying to verify the welfare of Garcia and try to pressure his release.
Democratic Senator said at a press conference in San Salvador that his car was stopped by the soldiers at a checkpoint, about 3 kilometers from the terrorist detention center, or Cecot, even when they allowed other cars.
Van Holin said: “They have stopped us because they suffer from orders not to allow us to move forward,” Van Holin said.
Donald Trump and a representative this week said they have no basis for sending ábrego García, even with the Trump administration describing it as a mistake and that the US Supreme Court called on the administration to facilitate his return.
Trump officials said that ábrego García, Salvadori’s citizen was living in it MarylandHe has relations with the MS-13 gang, but his lawyers say that the government has not provided any evidence of this and the Abrego García has not been charged with any crime related to this activity.
Van Holin’s journey has become a partisan flash point in the United States Democrats They seized the deportation of Abrego García because what they say is a harsh result of Trump’s ignorance of the courts. Democratic Republicans criticized his defense and argued that deporting him is part of a greater effort to reduce crime.
White House press secretary Caroline Levit held a press conference on Wednesday with the mother of Maryland’s woman who was killed by the fugitive from El Salvador in 2023.
Van Holin told reporters on Wednesday that he had met Vice President Felix Olua, who said his government could not return to “Garcia” to the United States.
Van Holin said on Thursday: “Today, I tried again to contact Mr. ábrego García by driving to Cecot Prison.”
Van Holin said that ábrego García had no contact with his family or lawyer. Van Holin said: “There was no ability to know anything about his health and welfare,” Van Holin said. He said that Arbrego García should be able to contact his lawyer under international law.
“We will not surrender until Kilmar has the respect of legal procedures,” Van Holin said. He said that there will be “many more” lawmakers who come to El Salvador.
Senator New Jersey Cori Booker is also studying a trip to El Salvador, as well as some Democrats in the House of Representatives.
While Van Holin was refused, many Republicans in the House of Representatives visited the famous gang prison to support the Trump administration’s efforts. Riley Moore, a Republican in West Virginia, published on Tuesday evening that he visited the prison where Abrego García is being held. Ábrego García did not mention, but he said the facility “includes the most brutal criminals in the country.”
“I now leave more determined to support President Trump’s efforts to secure our homeland,” Moore wrote on social media.
The Republican in Missouri Jason Smith, head of the House of Representatives Roads and Meetings Committee, visited the prison. It was published on X that “thanks to President Trump”, the facilities now include “illegal immigrants who stormed our country and committed violent acts against the Americans.”
The battle also played about Abrego García in controversial court files, with a repeated refusal of the government to inform the judge of what he is planning, if any, to re -re -reiterate it.
Since March, Al Salvador accepted the United States more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants-whom the Trump administration officials have accused of gang activity and violent crimes-and put them inside the country’s security gang prison outside San Salvador. This prison is part of the broader Bukele efforts to eliminate the powerful street gangs in the country, which placed 84,000 people behind bars and made Bukele popular at home.
Human rights groups accused the Boukley government of exposing those who were imprisoned “to the systematic use of torture and other abuse.” Officials there denied violations.
