Item 1 of 2 U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) speaks at a press conference in San Salvador, during a visit to El Salvador, to advocate for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man deported from the U.S. without due process by the Trump administration, as an alleged MS-13 gang member and sent to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a maximum security prison, April 17, 2025. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
[1/2]U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) speaks at a press conference in San Salvador, during a visit to El Salvador, to advocate for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man deported from the U.S. without due process by the Trump administration, as an alleged MS-13 gang member and sent… Purchase Licensing Rights
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WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Thursday he met Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man wrongly deported to El Salvador by the administration of Republican President Donald Trump.
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“I said my main goal of this trip (to El Salvador) was to meet with Kilmar. 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,” the senator wrote in his post.
Reporting by Kanishka Singh And Ismail Shakil
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