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<p>After multiple attempts, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) met Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant deported from the United States and sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador.</p>
<p>El Salvador President Nayib Bukele shared photos on Thursday evening of Van Hollen, Abrego Garcia, and one other individual meeting and having a conversation over drinks. He did so in a post on X mocking the idea that Abrego Garcia was perhaps dead or being kept in inhumane conditions.</p>
<p>“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 said.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously risen from the “death camps” &; “torture”, now sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen in the tropical paradise of El Salvador!ð¹ <a href="https://t.co/r6VWc6Fjtn">pic.twitter.com/r6VWc6Fjtn</a></p>
<p>— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) <a href="https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1913028548001923259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2025</a></p>
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<p>Van Hollen posted another photo of himself with Abrego Garcia, albeit with no margaritas.</p>
<p>“I said my main goal of this trip 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,” Van Hollen said.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I said my main goal of this trip 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. <a href="https://t.co/U9y2gZpxCb">pic.twitter.com/U9y2gZpxCb</a></p>
<p>— Senator Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisVanHollen/status/1913034619710034094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2025</a></p>
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<p>Van Hollen travelled to El Salvador earlier this week, calling Abrego Garcia a “constituent” who endured an “abduction and unlawful deportation.”</p>
<p>The senator <a href="https://x.com/nypost/status/1912661294475247839" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters on Wednesday that El Salvador’s government rejected his request to check on Abrego Garcia and, earlier on Thursday, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-senator-driving-el-salvador-prison-stopped-soldiers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blocked</a> by soldiers in an attempt to visit the prisoner at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT). Van Hollen later <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/427b4L23yiA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he intended to “keep at this” until he could make sure Abrego Garcia had his “rights to due process.”</p>
<p>Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old man from El Salvador who entered the United States unlawfully, but got permission from a judge to stay in 2019, had been living in Maryland when he was detained and deported last month as the Trump administration cracks down on illegal immigration.</p>
<p>This particular deportation has become the subject of a high-profile legal fight, which remains ongoing after the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/scotus-rules-partially-against-trump-in-deported-migrant-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued</a> a ruling last week that said the government must “facilitate,” but not necessarily “effectuate,” Abrego Garcia’s return.</p>
<p>Although the government said in court the deportation was an “administrative error,” White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller later <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stephen-miller-blames-doj-saboteur-for-claiming-salvadoran-migrant-mistakenly-deported" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dismissed</a> the claim, pinning it on a “saboteur” within the Justice Department.</p>
<p>The Trump administration also has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/facilitate-not-effectuate-wh-responds-to-scotus-ruling-on-mistakenly-deported-salvadoran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> Abrego Garcia of being a member of MS-13, which has been designated as a foreign terror organization. Abrego Garcia’s attorneys have <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-abrego-garcias-court-trump-deportation-el-salvador-president/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> denied that their client is part of the gang, but the government has publicly released <a href="https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1396906/dl?inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">documents</a> to substantiate the affiliation.</p>
<p>In an order on Thursday refusing to stop a judge’s demand for Trump administration officials to testify on whether they are making an effort to “facilitate” getting Garcia back, a U.S. appeals court panel <a href="https://x.com/danielchaitin7/status/1912974094922121592" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, “The government asserts that Abrego Garcia is a terrorist and a member of MS-13. Perhaps, but perhaps not. Regardless, he is still entitled to due process.”</p>
<p>More revelations have been made concerning Abrego Garcia as his case drew national attention. A newly uncovered restraining order <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/deported-illegal-immigrant-who-dems-have-championed-accused-of-beating-wife-court-docs?topStoryPosition=undefined&;author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&;category=News+and+Commentary&;elementPosition=1&;row=1&;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&;rowType=Top+Stories&;title=Deported+Illegal+Immigrant+Who+Dems+Have+Championed+Accused+Of+Beating+Wife%3A++Court+Docs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shows</a> Abrego Garcia was accused of beating his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, who now says they worked through the incident.</p>
<p>During a White House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-officials-bukele-tear-into-cnn-reporter-who-asked-if-illegal-alien-will-be-returned-to-u-s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meeting</a> with President Donald Trump, Bukele declared that he would not send Garcia back to the United States. “How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States?” Bukele said, adding, “I don’t have the power to return him.”</p>
<p>Shortly after revealing that Van Hollen and Abrego Garcia had met, Bukele posted again on X, <a href="https://x.com/nayibbukele/status/1913035243918864742" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, “Now that he’s been confirmed healthy, he gets the honor of staying in El Salvador’s custody.”</p>
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