Senator Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Is in El Salvador to obtain answers about the unfair deportation of a Maryland man by the Trump administration, he said in a video before boarding a flight on Wednesday.
Van Hollen said that he had been planning the trip during the last days and that he hopes to meet Kilmar Abrego García in person and see his condition.
Abrego García, who, according to the reports, fled the political persecution of El Salvador and was deported last month by the United States Immigration and Customs Control Agency after an “administrative error”, remains in the CECOT prison despite the judicial orders requesting that the United States government “facilitates” back to the United States.
Senator Chris Van Hollen speaks at a press conference on the planned cuts of the Trump administration to the Social Security Administration at the Capitol on March 26, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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“The objective of this mission is to let the Trump administration know the Government of El Salvador that we will continue fighting to bring Abrego García home,” said Van Hollen in a video.
He published another video After landing and said he was going to meet with members of the United States Embassy in San Salvador.
It is not clear if someone else join the senator on the trip.
Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed that Abrego García is a member of the MS-13 gang and could be deported due to the executive orders of President Donald Trump on immigration.
However, the Department of Justice has not made that accusation in judicial documents and admitted that deportation was a mistake. Abrego García’s family and lawyers have been fighting deportation for weeks in court.
Jennifer Vasquez Sura, wife of Kilmar Abrego García, speaks during a press conference on the day of a hearing in the case related to Kilmar Abrego García outside the United States District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, April 15, 2025.
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The Supreme Court unanimously ruled last week that the 29 -year -old father, who had no criminal record in the United States, was illegally deported. However, Bondi has affirmed that the Government of El Salvador is not renouncing it.
“What thugs do is start choosing the most vulnerable,” said Van Hollen.
