Sen. Van Hollen: If You Violate Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Constitutional Rights, ‘You Threaten Them for Everybody Who Lives in America’

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VAN HOLLEN: “Of course he can. Don’t believe a word you said — you hear about, you know, the Trump Administration trying really hard to get him back and the government of El Salvador saying no. I met with the vice president of El Salvador. They said the ball is in America’s court. They said the only reason they’re holding him is that the Trump Administration is paying them. And if you had any doubt about the answer to your question, just ask Donald Trump. Within the last 48 hours, he said he could pick up the phone on the Resolute Desk and call El Salvador to bring Abrego Garcia home. So, the president of the United States has admitted this, the administration admitted in court that this was a wrongful detention and deportation to this terrible prison. And I do want to emphasize, and I’ve said this before, this is not all about one man, Abrego Garcia. It’s, if you violate his constitutional rights, you threaten them for everybody who lives in America.”