Four Democrats denied visit with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador trip to 'fight like hell' for his release

Source: Yahoo! News/Independent

Mon, April 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM EDT


A group of House Democrats were denied a visit Monday with Kilmar Abrego Garcia during their trip to El Salvador to advocate for his release. The wrongfully deported Maryland father and Salvadoran immigrant remains imprisoned in his home country after he was moved out of the brutal Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, earlier this month.

The trip to El Salvador by four House Democrats — including Yassamin Ansari, Maxine Dexter, Maxwell Frost and Robert Garcia — follows Senator Chris Van Hollen’s trip last week, when he met with Abrego Garcia for roughly one hour at a hotel before returning to the United States. Van Hollen’s brief meeting followed several unsuccessful attempts to speak with Abrego Garcia last week.

Frost told reporters Monday that the group of Democrats Monday were denied a similar meeting, and have “absolutely zero indication” that Donald Trump’s administration is “going to facilitate or wants to facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s release, despite orders from the Supreme Court and federal appellate and district judges to do just that.

“This isn’t just about him,” Frost said. “The Constitution applies to all people in our country. Due process applies to all people in our country.”

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