Dem Senator Van Hollen meets, shakes hands with Abrego Garcia; El Salvador says inmate will remain in custody
Sen Chris Van Hollen D-Md who flew to El Salvador this week to meet with deported illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia before being denied multiple times was granted his request on Thursday night I reported my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar Van Hollen announced in a post on X Tonight I had that chance I have called his wife Jennifer to pass along his message of love I look forward to providing a full update upon my return Garcia a -year-old illegal immigrant living in Maryland was deported to the El Salvadoran megaprison Terrorism Confinement Center CECOT last month and executives acknowledged in court his deportation was an administrative error although now a few top Trump administrators say he was correctly removed and contend he's a member of the notorious MS- gang Both a federal court and the Supreme Court have ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his release and return to the U S for proper deportation proceedings Van Hollen revealed on Tuesday he was going to El Salvador to visit Garcia on Wednesday and other Democratic lawmakers broadcasted they planned to visit him as well LIBERAL SENATOR SAYS HE IS FLYING TO VISIT DEPORTED MIGRANT IN PRISON OTHER DEMS PLANNING TRIPSBut when Van Hollen arrived El Salvador President Nayib Bukele was out of the country and the senator from Maryland met with Vice President F lix Augusto Antonio Ulloa Garay instead I appealed the vice president if I could meet with Mr Abrego Garcia and he reported well you need to make earlier provisions to go visit CECOT Van Hollen explained He recounted Ulloa that he was not interested in taking a tour of CECOT and that he just sought to meet with Abrego Garcia BLUE STATE SENATOR FLIES TO EL SALVADOR TO VISIT DEPORTED MIGRANT IN PRISON ONLY TO BE DENIED He commented he was not able to make that happen Van Hollen stated of Ulloa The senator was also stated he could not be promised a visit if he came back next week nor could he arrange for Abrego Garcia to speak with his family over the phone On Thursday Van Hollen continued to push for entry into CECOT but he was denied We were there for one simple reason to check on his well-being which his family and lawyers have not been allowed to do Van Hollen explained on X We won t stop fighting APPEALS COURT DENIES DOJ BID TO BLOCK RETURN OF KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA FROM EL SALVADOR PRISONHis goal of meeting with Abrego Garcia was later granted and images of the two men show them sitting at a table in the tropics with water and coffee Other photos shared by Bukele evidenced water glasses with seasoned rims and cherry garnishes and Sen Van Hollen shaking hands with Abrego Garcia Kilmar Abrego Garcia miraculously risen from the death camps torture now sipping margaritas with Sen Van Hollen in the tropical paradise of El Salvador Bukele exclaimed in a post on X In another post Bukele wrote Now that he s been verified healthy he gets the honor of staying in El Salvador s custody 'MARYLAND MAN' KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA EXPOSED IN POLICE RECORDS AS 'VIOLENT' REPEAT WIFE BEATERA federal appeals court earlier in the day denied the Trump administration s urgency request to block a judge s order requiring the U S regime to return Abrego Garcia to the U S The Department of Justice DOJ inquired the U S Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to lift a judge's order to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return from CECOT but the court on Thursday rejected the request The three-judge panel included Judge Harvie Wilkinson appointed by President Ronald Reagan along with Judges Robert King and Stephanie Thacker appointed by Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama respectively KRISTI NOEM CRITICIZES 'LIBERAL LEFT' FOR TURNING ACCUSED GANG MEMBER INTO 'MEDIA DARLING'In the court s opinion Wilkinson repeatedly referred to Abrego Garcia as a resident even though Abrego Garcia is not a lawful U S resident The court revealed the DOJ s request was extraordinary and premature and that it would not interfere with the district judge s efforts to carry out the Supreme Court s decision CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPAttorney General Pam Bondi disclosed that Abrego Garcia would not be allowed back into the U S unless El Salvador were to decide otherwise He is not coming back to our country The Trump administration published information on Wednesday indicating that Abrego Garcia's wife has accused him of repeated abuse of her Fox News obtained the written domestic violence charges filed in court against -year-old Kilmar Abrego Garcia by his wife Jennifer Vasquez in In the filing written in Vasquez s own handwriting she alleges Abrego Garcia repeatedly beat her writing At this point I am afraid to be close to him I have multiple photos videos of how violent he can be and all the bruises he has left me The Department of Homeland Precaution also circulated documents that it says prove Abrego Garcia is a member of the notorious MS- gang which the Trump administration has declared a foreign terrorist organization Fox News Digital s Jasmine Baehr and Bill Mears contributed to this record
