US senator meets wrongfully deported migrant amid clash with Bukele over Trump-era immigration policy
Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s visit to El Salvador highlights human rights concerns as he meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, detained under Trump’s wartime deportation order
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Picture obtained from the X account of Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele, @nayibbukele, showing US Senator Chris Van Hollen (C) holding a meeting with Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia (L), a US resident wrongfully deported to his home country, at a hotel in San Salvador on 17 April 2025. Van Hollen met with Salvadoran Abrego Garcia, whose wrongful deportation has triggered a political firestorm over President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration policies. Abrego Garcia was detained in Maryland last month and expelled to El Salvador along with 238 Venezuelans and 22 fellow Salvadorans who were deported shortly after President Donald Trump invoked a rarely-used wartime authority. X account of El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele / AFP
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