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(Background) A woman walks in front of the Santa Ana Penitentiary Agricultural Industrial Complex, where Salvadoran deported migrant from the United States Kilmar Abrego García was reportedly imprisoned (MARVIN RECINOS/AFP via Getty Images) / (R) Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (Photo via: DHS)

Kilmar Abrego Garcia returns to U.S., facing human smuggling and conspiracy charges

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran national who was previously deported from the U.S. earlier this year, is now back in the United States and facing both human smuggling and conspiracy charges, according to the Department of Justice.

(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.

(L-Top) WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) speaks at a news conference on the Trump Administration's planned cuts to the Social Security Administration at the Capitol on March 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. The news conference comes a day after Frank Bisignano, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be Commissioner of Social Security Administration, testified before the Senate Finance Committee and faced questions over proposed DOGE cuts and the agency's ability to process and distribute benefit checks. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) / (L-Bottom) Sen. Van Hollen meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal alien from El Salvador who was deported back to his home country after being deemed a MS-13 member by the government. (Photo via: AP News)/ (R-Top) screenshot of a post from the White House's official X account. (Photo via: X) / (R-bottom) El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele smiles during the inauguration of the Key Institute, a private institution of higher education specializing in engineering and science in San Salvador on March 19, 2025. (Photo by Marvin RECINOS / AFP) (Photo by MARVIN RECINOS/AFP via Getty Images)

Salvadoran President Mocks Democrat Sen. Van Hollen’s Visit, WH Asserts That Abrego Garcia Is ‘Never Coming Back’

Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, publicly ridiculed Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen’s meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia via social media late on Thursday. Shortly thereafter, the White House issued a statement on X, firmly asserting that the Salvadoran illegal alien is “never coming back.”

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 16: Patty Morin (L), mother of Rachel Morin, speaks as White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt looks on during a daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on April 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. In 2023, Morin's daughter was murdered by Victor Martinez-Hernandez, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador who was convicted of first-degree murder and first-degree rape on Monday. During the briefing, Leavitt addressed the Trump administration's illegal deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who has been held in prison in El Salvador since March 15. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Mother Of Rachel Morin, Who Was Murdered By Salvadoran Illegal, Slams Dem Senator’s Push To Return ‘MS-13 Gang Member’

The mother of Rachel Morin, the 37-year-old mother of five who was murdered by an illegal alien from El Salvador, slammed Maryland Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen for traveling to El Salvador in an attempt to return a deported man deemed to be an MS-13 gang member by the Department of Justice.

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 4: U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) speaks to a crowd gathered in front of the U.S. Treasury Department in protest of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency on February 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. Several Democratic members of conference joined the rally to protest Musk's access to the payment system of the Treasury, which houses the private information of millions of Americans. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

Dem Sen. Chris Van Hollen Travels To El Salvador To Push For Return Of Accused ‘MS-13 Gang Member’ Following His Deportation

Democrat Maryland Senator Chis Van Hollen has traveled to El Salvador in an attempt to bring a migrant man, who is accused of being an MS-13 member, back to the United States after he was deported to El Salvador.