Dem Senator’s Ultimatum: Bring Back Deported MS-13 Suspect Or I’ll Go To El Salvador

ASenateDemocratannouncedplanstotraveltoElSalvadorlaterthisweekifanallegedMS-13gangmember,whowasdetainedlastmonthinMaryland,deported,andimprisonedinhishomecountry,isnotreturnedtotheUnitedStates. Sen.ChrisVanHollen(D-MD)issuedthestatementonMondayasanultimatum,expressinghisdesiretospeakwithElSalvador’sPresidentNayibBukele,whoiscurrentlyinWashington,D.C.,tomeetwithPresidentDonaldTrump. “KilmarAbregoGarcianevershouldhavebeenabductedandillegallydeported,andthecourtshavemadeclear:theAdministrationmustbringhimhome,now,”VanHollensaid.“However,sincetheTrumpAdministrationappearstobeignoringthesecourtmandates,weneedtotakeadditionalaction.” Hecontinued,“That’swhyI’verequestedtomeetwithPresidentBukeleduringhistriptotheUnitedStates,and—ifKilmarisnothomebymidweek—IplantotraveltoElSalvadorthisweektocheckonhisconditionanddiscusshisrelease.” TheTrumpadministrationhasaccusedGarcia,whoillegallyenteredthe