Van Hollen: Trump Admin Paying El Salvador to Detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia

El Salvador's Detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

• 📌 Senator Van Hollen detailed his conversation with El Salvador's VP regarding the continued detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in CECOT.
• ⚠️ The US courts have stated there is no evidence to support the charge that Garcia is part of MS-13.
• ❓ Van Hollen questioned why El Salvador continues to hold Garcia if he has committed no crime and the US government has provided no evidence.

Trump Administration's Role

• 💰 El Salvador's VP stated that the Trump administration is paying the government of El Salvador to keep Garcia at CECOT.
• 🚫 Neither the government of El Salvador nor the Trump administration has presented evidence of Garcia committing any criminal acts.
• 🏛️ The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that the Trump administration must facilitate Garcia's return to the US, yet there is no evidence of compliance.
• 🇺🇸 The US embassy has received no direction from the Trump administration to help facilitate Garcia's release, indicating a violation of American court orders.

Call for Release

• ✈️ The Attorney General of the United States has stated that the US would send a plane to El Salvador to pick up Garcia.
• 🚪 Van Hollen is asking for the door of CECOT to be opened to allow this innocent man to walk out.