Maryland’s senator Chris Van Hollen says with Kilmar Abrego García, whom immigration officials say he was sported by mistake, in El Salvador on Thursday, Van Hollen’s spokesman confirmed to CBS News.
The Democratic Senator shared a photo with Abrego García in what seems to be a restaurant.
“I said that my main objective of this trip was to meet Kilmar,” said Senator Van Hollen. “Tonight I had that opportunity. I called his wife, Jennifer, to transmit his love message. I hope to provide an update my return.”
The Salvadoran president, Nayib Bukele, also published photos of the meeting, but Sugga García will continue to be imprisoned by his government, which is paid by the United States to maintain sports: “Now that is a confirmed leg: custody.”
Abrego García’s wife, Jennifer Vásquez, said in a statement after the meeting, her “prayers have been answered.”
“We still have so many questions, hopes and Fraars. I will pray continuously and fight for the return of Kilma home,” Vásquez wrote.
The Blanca House Deputy Secretary, Kush Desai, called Hollen’s visit “truly unpleasant”, writing, “Chris van Hollen firmly established Democrats as the party whose main priority is the well-being of an illegal terrorist of MS-13 alien.” Abrego García’s lawyers have strongly denied any connection with MS-13.
The surprise meeting with the first known appearance of Hollan Marks Abrego García since last month, when his deportation to the notorious terrorism confinement center of El Salvador attracted national attention and caused a legal confrontation with the Trump administration.
The administration accepted In judicial documents, Abrego García, sent to El Salvador – together with was Hundreds of others Salvadoran and Venezuelan migrants, due to an “administrative error.” The American District Judge Paula Xinis ordered the Government to “facilitate” the return of Abrego García to the United States and the Supreme Court He retreated that orderBut he has remained in El Salvador since then, with Xinis suggesting that the Government has not fulfilled its order and Demanding regular updates In his state.
The Trump administration has delayed, arguing that it depends on El Salvador to decide whether to return to Abrego García – A discussion An appeal court called “Thors Day.” The government also claimed that Abrego García is linked to the saving gang MS-13, citing a confidential informant, thought that his lawyers have denied that accusation and pointed out that Abrego García has not been accused or convicted of any crime.
Abrego García, 29, was born in El Salvador, but entered the United States illegally in 2011 at the age of 16. He was arrested outside a homeland homeland in 2019, but a judge prevented him from deporting El Salvador, warning that he took. Years later, in March of this year, he was arrested by immigration agents in Maryland and sent to the saving detention center, known as CECOT.
The case of Abrego García is in the center of a controversial impulse by the Trump administration to send dozens of migrants, including members accused of MS-13 and the Venezuelan gang train of Aragua-To Cecot using the alien enemies law of 1798, which Allows the president To deport citizens of an enemy nation, duration of an “invasion or predatory incursion.” The gambit has been challenged in the Court, and the opponents denounce the conditions in CECOT and discussion The government is denying migrants the right to due process. A “60 minutes” Report found The majority of the 238 Venezuelans sent to Cecot on several aircraft last month had no apparent criminal record. But the Trump administration has defended its use of the law, arguing that it is taking energetic measures against the violence of the gangs.
Van Hollen meeting with Abrego García He arrived after the senator was rejected Thorsday at a military control point Near Cecot. He said he was about three kilometers from the notorious Supermax prison, When he was arrested by soldiers, who were told that they were ordered to prevent him from going to prison.
Van Hollen went to El Salvador on Wednesday, with the intention of verifying Welfare of Abrego García. He provided updates on his trip.
“My general purpose here is to send a sign that we are not going to stop fighting for his return until he is released,” said Van Hollen before his flight.