“The courts have made it clear that the Administration must bring Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia home immediately; he should never have been kidnapped and illegally deported,”
Van Hollen said in a statement. MORE NEWS: Mayra Flores, a former Republican Representative, was admitted to the hospital after declaring her intention to run for Congress.
Abrego Garcia has been residing in Maryland under protected status since 2019, according to court records.
He was arrested and deported by ICE authorities in March, even though a federal judge’s decision temporarily stopped the deportation.
The U.S. Supreme Court subsequently revisited that decision and affirmed that the executive branch cannot be forced to take certain foreign policy activities.
Abrego Garcia is still being held in El Salvador as a consequence, and President Bukele has made no indication that he would bring him back. Many Marylanders have questioned Van Hollen’s.
