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Sen. Chris Van Hollen travels to El Salvador to advocate for Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release
NBC News ^ | 4/16/25 | Megan Lebowitz and Frank Thorp V

Posted on 04/16/2025 8:26:00 AM PDT by DallasBiff

WASHINGTON — Sen. Chris Van Hollen flew to El Salvador on Wednesday to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia after the mistakenly deported man was not returned by midweek, one of the senator's conditions for embarking on the trip.

Van Hollen said in a video post from a U.S. airport that he was about to board a flight to the country's capital, adding that his goal was show the Trump administration and El Salvador's government "that we are going to keep fighting to bring Abrego Garcia home until he returns to his family."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chrisvanhollen; clownvanhollen; elsalvador; immigration; maryland; vanhollen
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Oh gawd what grandstanding. Uh, Sen. Van Hollen Garcia is home in his native El Salvador, and who paid for the trip?
1 posted on 04/16/2025 8:26:00 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is NOT A US CITIZEN but he still wants him but will El Salvador just hand him him over to this Nutjob ,LOL


2 posted on 04/16/2025 8:28:20 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: DallasBiff

From Mike Cernovich:

Cernovich
@Cernovich

Gonzalo Lira was an American citizen held in captivity in Ukraine for making YouTube videos. He was tortured and then killed. No one visited him. No Senator will say his name.

9:26 PM · Apr 15, 2025


3 posted on 04/16/2025 8:30:52 AM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical object)
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To: DallasBiff

Maybe they’ll arrest Hollen for being in El Salvador Illegally ,LOL


4 posted on 04/16/2025 8:31:08 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: DallasBiff

“… we are going to keep fighting”

Democrats…always fighting on the wrong side.


5 posted on 04/16/2025 8:31:49 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (All we want is the same deportation policy that Martha's Vineyard has. That's it.)
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To: DallasBiff
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6 posted on 04/16/2025 8:32:17 AM PDT by CapandBall
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To: butlerweave

Catch him spitting on the sidewalk or something, and lock him up.


7 posted on 04/16/2025 8:32:22 AM PDT by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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To: CapandBall

This guy was in the United States illegally and he’s a member of a gang and the only reason they weren’t supposed to send him back to El Salvador is that the rival gangs there might want to kill him.
He’s considered a terrorist in El Salvador which is why the El Salvadorian president has no interest in releasing him.


8 posted on 04/16/2025 8:33:54 AM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: bigbob

Bukele should host the Senator at a nice beachfront property that has plenty of sand to pound.


9 posted on 04/16/2025 8:34:33 AM PDT by bobcat62
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To: DallasBiff

As for the idea that he should have some kind of asylum in the united states, he wasn’t eligible for asylum because he has a criminal record and is in a gang.


10 posted on 04/16/2025 8:34:43 AM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: DallasBiff

how many times did van hollen travel to the southern border when it was left wide open by biden and the nation was being invaded???

Then there’s this: TROOPS AT SOUTHERN U.S. BORDER: Van Hollen and Colleagues Slam Trump Administration’s Decision to Extend Deployment Through January, Urge Secretary Mattis to Reverse Course Immediately

https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases/troops-at-southern-us-border-van-hollen-and-colleagues-slam-trump-administrations-decision-to-extend-deployment-through-january-urge-secretary-mattis-to-reverse-course-immediately


11 posted on 04/16/2025 8:35:19 AM PDT by God luvs America
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To: butlerweave

Arrest Van Hollen for being a foreigner, interfering in El Salvador politics.

Then let his case work its way through a maze of El Salvador political judges, trials and appeals - just like in the USA!


12 posted on 04/16/2025 8:36:33 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: DallasBiff

I hope the prison doesn’t allow visitors.


13 posted on 04/16/2025 8:36:38 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: DallasBiff

Enemies domestic do come in US Senator sized packages


14 posted on 04/16/2025 8:36:51 AM PDT by delchiante
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To: DallasBiff

I suspect rhis guy is a “Ramondo Eppselez”. There is no other explanation for the circus.


15 posted on 04/16/2025 8:37:00 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: DallasBiff

I sense an opportunity here.


16 posted on 04/16/2025 8:38:11 AM PDT by Noumenon (You can evade reality, but you cannot evade the consequences of evading reality. KTF)
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To: PGR88

Van Hollen can take the MD Dads’ place in prison while he goes “home” to work things out. That would be ok with me.


17 posted on 04/16/2025 8:38:16 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Nobody objected to Clinton sending Eliana Gonzalez home to Cuba either.


18 posted on 04/16/2025 8:38:19 AM PDT by 38special (I should've said something earlier )
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To: 1Old Pro

The prison allows visitors in—but may not allow them to leave.

Lol.


19 posted on 04/16/2025 8:38:32 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: DallasBiff

Go Chris Go.

Do not leave without him.

be the big dog. demand justice for MS-13


20 posted on 04/16/2025 8:38:39 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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