Senator Who Called For Abrego Garcia’s Return Uses White House’s Words Against Trump | EUROtoday

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) hit again at President Donald Trump’s administration Friday after the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Maryland father mistakenly deported to a jail in El Salvador — to U.S. soil.

Van Hollen, who met with Abrego Garcia in April because the Trump administration refused to abide by a Supreme Court order to facilitate his return to the States, responded to a White House assertion that requested him and others “who defended this illegal criminal abuser to immediately apologize” to the person’s “victims.”

“You know, I will never apologize for defending the Constitution,” he advised CNN’s Anderson Cooper, who learn a part of the White House assertion to Van Hollen.

“In fact, it’s the Trump administration and all his cronies who should apologize to the country for putting us through this unnecessary situation and to Abrego Garcia for putting him through this situation and his family,” Van Hollen added.

Abrego Garcia, per preliminary reviews later confirmed by Attorney General Pam Bondi in a press convention, landed again within the U.S. to face federal prison expenses that accuse him of transporting unauthorized migrants into the nation.

The transfer to cost Abrego Garcia reportedly led to the resignation of a high federal prosecutor in Tennessee, the place the two-count indictment was filed in May and unsealed Friday.

In the lead-up to the fees, Trump officers repeatedly careworn that Garcia was “never” getting back from El Salvador, shifting the duty of facilitating such a transfer to that nation.

They additionally pushed claims that Abrego Garcia is a “known member” of the MS-13 gang, allegations that his household and his attorneys have rejected.

Van Hollen mentioned the federal prosecutor’s resignation “raises questions” in regards to the transfer to cost Abrego Garcia, however the focus must be on his return, including that it’s a “good news story” for due course of rights in America.

“The Trump administration should respect the rule of law and the Constitution of the United States. So really, it’s President Trump who should apologize to the country for violating his oath to the Constitution,” he mentioned.

“I’m glad in this moment, they are finally, finally doing what the Supreme Court said but they continue, Anderson, to violate the Constitution in many, many other [deportation] cases.”