Chris Van Hollen Calls Out Trump Admin’s ‘Lies’ About Wrongful Deportation Of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

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During Wednesday’s Congressional Hispanic Caucus briefing, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) called for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador.

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00:00Thank you, Congressman. Thank all the members of the CHC and the members who are here and all of you and

00:07to

00:08Kilmar's family to Jennifer his beloved wife to Cecilia his mother to Cesar his brother

00:18We are with you in this fight for justice and we demand we demand that Kilmar be returned home now

00:26What has happened here should never happen in the United States of America?

00:32This is a person who was here legally. He was a steel worker

00:39Congressman Ivy and I are proud to represent him and his family in Maryland and

00:48He was whisked off

00:51without any due process and is now

00:54in a

00:56torturous and treacherous jail

00:59in El Salvador

01:02This is something that is so reprehensible

01:06That we will fight back in the courts and we'll fight back in Congress will fight back in our communities

01:12But right now of course this is in the courts and

01:16I

01:17am I am heartened by the fact that as you said Jennifer a Maryland judge

01:22federal district court judge

01:24Innes

01:25found and I quote

01:27There were no legal grounds whatsoever for his arrest

01:32detention or removal

01:33She went on to say

01:35His detention appears wholly lawless

01:39Lawless

01:40Lawless

01:41The judge pointed out and again, I want to quote

01:43Particularly to Abrego Garcia

01:45Abrego Garcia

01:47The risk of harm shocks the conscience

01:51Because of the dangers he faces every day in that El Salvador prison

01:56And the Trump administration is lying

01:59J.D. Vance

02:01J.D. Vance

02:02Lied through his teeth

02:04When he said

02:06That

02:07Kilmer had been convicted

02:09Of a crime in the United States

02:11Absolutely false

02:13And the president vice president United States should apologize

02:16To the family and he should do it now

02:19We also continue to hear lies from the administration

02:25And I will point out when the government's lawyer admitted in court

02:33That Kilmer had been accidentally disappeared

02:40The Trump administration put that lawyer on administrative leave

02:45They punish people who tell the truth

02:48And they reward people who lie

02:52And so all of us need to make sure that we stand together at this time

02:58And I just want to say again to the family

03:01We will work with you to make sure justice is done

03:06That Kilmer comes home

03:07And I want to thank you also

03:09For coming forward

03:11To have the courage to do it

03:13And when you do that you embolden others

03:15Because as you know it's not just Kilmer

03:18And it's not just your family

03:20We are seeing people being disappeared

03:23Across the United States

03:25In some case they're visiting students

03:27In some case they're other people who are legal immigrants

03:32And what you're doing is standing up

03:35Yes for your family

03:37And for your kids

03:38And for your husband

03:40But you're also standing up for all those other people right now

03:43Who are under threat from a Wallace administration

03:46And that's why we all stand with you

03:49And I know that we will prevail

03:52Justice has to prevail

03:54Because I'm not

03:56When this

03:58The Trump administration looks like a

04:00More and more of a police state everyday

04:02And that's a country that none of us recognize

04:04And we're all fighting for the country we love

04:06Thank you

04:07Thank you

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