(18 Apr 2025)
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Dulles, Virginia – 18 April 2025
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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Chris Van Hollen, (D) Maryland:
"This should not be issue for Republicans or Democrats. This is an issue for every American who cares about our Constitution, who cares about personal liberty, who cares about due process, and who cares about what makes America so different, which is adherence to all of those things. This is an American issue."
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Chris Van Hollen, (D) Maryland:
"They landed in El Salvador, and he was taken to CECOT. He was placed in a cell with, if I recall correctly, and don’t hold me to it, of about 25 other prisoners at CECOT. He said he was not afraid of the other prisoners in his immediate cell, but that he was traumatized by being at CECOT and fearful of many of the prisoners in other cell blocks who called out to him and taunted him in various ways. He told me, and this was yesterday, that eight days ago, so I guess nine days ago from today, he was moved to another detention center in Santa Ana, where the conditions are better, but he said despite the better conditions, he still has no access to any news from the outside world and no ability to communicate with anybody in the outside world."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Chris Van Hollen, (D) Maryland:
"He said he felt very sad about being in a prison because he had not committed any crimes."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Chris Van Hollen, (D) Maryland:
"The President, President Trump, and the Trump administration wants to say that those who are fighting to stand up for our Constitution don’t want to fight gang violence. That is an outright lie. That is a big, big lie."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Chris Van Hollen, (D) Maryland:
"So I say to the President and the Trump administration, if you want to make claims about Mr. Abrego Garcia and MS-13, you should present them in the court, not over social media."
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Chris Van Hollen, (D) Maryland
"What the Trump administration did admit in court was that Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been mistakenly detained. They called it a quote, administrative error, unquote. An administrative error that has resulted in him being abducted off the streets of Maryland and put into prison in El Salvador. That has deprived him of his personal freedom and liberty. But rather than fix this grievous error that they agreed had been made in court, what did the Trump administration do? They upbraided and fired the lawyer who told the truth to the court. That’s what they did. They didn’t fix the error, they fired the lawyer who told truth about this awful egregious mistake. And now, despite the fact that the Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to fix that error that has deprived Mr. Abrego Garcia of his liberty, they are flaunting. They, the administration, the Trump, are flaunting the court order to facilitate its return. And the government of El Salvador is complicit in that illegal scheme."
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Chris Van Hollen, (D) Maryland
"So, I’ve told the Vice President of El Salvador that I may be the first senator, member of Congress to be in El Salvador to come down to El Salvador, but I won’t be the last. And there are others coming. I’ve got to give them a call after this meeting to brief them on my trip, but this goes back to the fact that, you know, El Salvador is making a big mistake in being complicit in this illegal scheme."
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