Mr. Abrego Garcia was illegally abducted by the Trump Administration and, by their own admission, wrongly deported to El Salvador. He shouldn’t have to spend another second away from his family.

I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.

Van Hollen and our other Maryland senator, Angela Alsobrooks, met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia's family last week. Abrego Garcia has been living in Maryland for more than ten years and has a US citizen wife and children.

I hope Van Hollen is bringing security with him, and I hope he's able to bring Abrego Garcia back home to Maryland. And hopefully this will set a precedent for getting due process for all those who Trump illegally sent to that torture prison.

Edit: You can call your representatives in the House and Senate to encourage them to stand with Van Hollen on this (and you can email Van Hollen's office if you want to leave a message of support, especially if you live in MD). And as someone points out below, campaign contributions can be used to pay for security. Donations can be made here.

Edit 2: For those thinking of how Congressman Leo Ryan was murdered by the Jonestown cultists, I'm sure Van Hollen knows his life is in danger as he does this, and hopefully he's taking precautions. A key difference is that this would be the government of El Salvador, not a cult, killing a US senator. Trump would of course side with El Salvador, calling Van Hollen a crazy communist left wing extremist, but that would drive some people even further from Trump. It'd be an international incident. I don't know that Bukele would want to risk that, especially knowing there might be a Democratic president in less than four years.

Originally Posted By u/michaelavolio At 2025-04-15 08:42:22 PM | Source

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