Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on April 18 described his meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man that the Trump administration said it deported due to an administrative error.
Van Hollen made the remarks at a Friday press conference after returning to Washington from El Salvador, where he had traveled this week with the intention of meeting Abrego Garcia in person. On Wednesday, he told reporters that El Salvador’s government initially denied him a visit or phone call with the deportee after meeting with the country’s Vice President Félix Ulloa.
That visit finally occurred on Thursday, when Salvadoran officials transported Abrego Garcia to the hotel where Van Hollen was staying. He described his efforts to facilitate a meeting with the man and what the two discussed when they met face to face….