Senator Van Hollen Meets Mistakenly Deported Maryland Man in El Salvador

Meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia

• 🇺🇸 Senator Chris Van Hollen met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident mistakenly deported to El Salvador due to an administrative error.
• 📸 Photos of the meeting showed Garcia not in prison attire, but wearing a shirt and a Kansas City Chiefs ball cap.
• 🗣️ Senator Van Hollen plans to share his takeaways from the meeting upon his return to the U.S.

Legal Battle and Appeals Court Ruling

• 🏛️ An appeals court ruled against the DOJ's attempt to pause an order requiring them to facilitate Garcia's return.
• ⚖️ Judge Wilkinson III of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, a Reagan appointee, authored a blistering ruling criticizing the executive branch's actions.
• 📜 The ruling stated that the executive branch's actions were turning law into lawlessness and could lead to the