Oregon Democrat to travel to El Salvador to demand Abrego Garcia's release

Source: The Hill

04/18/25 10:54 PM ET


Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.) announced that she will travel to El Salvador to demand that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadorian national who was mistakenly deported from the U.S., be released from prison in the country.

“A legal U.S. resident has had his due process rights ripped away and is now being held indefinitely in a foreign prison. This is not just one family’s nightmare; it is a constitutional crisis that should outrage every single one of us,” Dexter said in a statement Friday night. “I will travel to El Salvador to confront this crisis head on. Our constitutional rights are on the line,” the Portland-area lawmaker added.

Dexter, who represents Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District, is following in the footsteps of Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who returned Friday from El Salvador, where he was able to talk to Abrego Garcia

“When I told him that his wife and family sent their love and were fighting for Kilmar to return home every day, he said that he was worried about all of you, that was his response,” Van Hollen told reporters on Friday upon his return.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5256876-oregon-democrat-el-salvador-kilmar-abrego-garcia/