Sen. Chris Van Hollen spoke out against the imprisonment of Kilmar Abrego García, a Maryland man allegedly abducted and deported by the Trump administration. While Van Hollen was granted a meeting with El Salvador's vice president, Félix Ulloa, he was denied access to Abrego García. Ulloa stated that the U.S. government is financially incentivizing El Salvador to keep him imprisoned. This raises questions of legality and human rights violations as Van Hollen emphasized the lack of credible charges against Abrego García, asserting that misinformation is being perpetuated by U.S. authorities.
I want to emphasize that President Trump and our Attorney General Pam Bondi and the vice president of the United States are lying when they say that Abrego García has been charged with a crime or is part of MS-13; that is a lie. And this is a lie to cover up what they did.
Van Hollen said that he was allowed to meet with El Salvador's vice president Félix Ulloa, but was not allowed access to the Maryland father.
Ulloa said that the U.S. is paying El Salvador to imprison him and that the government lacks the power to release him, despite court orders.
I asked the vice president, 'if Abrego García has not committed a crime, and the U.S. courts have found that he was illegally taken from the United States, and...'
The senator added that, when he asked why El Salvador's government was still holding Abrego García despite having no credible reason to do so, Ulloa answered...
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