(L) US Senator Chris Van Hollen speaks during a press conference at a city viewpoint in Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador, on April 16, 2025. Democratic senator Chris Van Hollen arrived in El Salvador on Wednesday to press for the release of a US resident thrust to the center of a storm over President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration policies when he was mistakenly deported to the Central American country. Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains imprisoned in a notorious jail in his native country despite a US federal judge's order, backed by the Supreme Court, for his return to the United States. (Photo by Marvin RECINOS / AFP) (Photo by MARVIN RECINOS/AFP via Getty Images) / (R) SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR - APRIL 17: (EDITOR'S NOTE: This Handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images' editorial policy.) In this handout provided by Sen. Van Hollen's Office, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) meets with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia (L) at an undisclosed location on April 17, 2025 in San Salvador, El Salvador. Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident, was illegally deported by the Trump administration and has been held in prison in El Salvador since March 15. (Photo by Sen. Van Hollen's Office via Getty Images)

Van Hollen Admits El Salvador Trip Was Funded By Taxpayers, Ignores Questions About Abrego Garcia’s ‘MS-13 Ties’

Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen admitted on Sunday that taxpayer funds paid for his trip to El Salvador in an attempt to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran illegal alien who was deported from the U.S. after being deemed a member of MS-13 by the Department of Justice.

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