Sen. Chris Van Hollen argues Trump administration’s actions in Abrego Garcia case ‘threaten everybody’s rights’

Van Hollen: Trump Is a ‘Lawless President’ Ignoring the Supreme Court

Senator Chis Van Hollen (D-MD) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that President Donald Trump is a lawless president ignoring the Supreme Court in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Van Hollen said, “What Donald Trump is trying to do here is change the subject. The subject at hand is that he and his administration are defying a court order to give people to give Abrego Garcia his due process rights. They are trying to litigate on social me…

Sen. Van Hollen Dodges Whether Abrego Garcia Was Gang Member

Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Sunday repeatedly dodged questions about whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia was an MS-13 gang member as the Trump administration has alleged, despite being asked directly on CNN’s “State of the Union” if he could say “with absolute certainty” that the deported illegal migrant did not belong to MS-13. When CNN’s Dana Bash asked Van Hollen, “Can you say with absolute certainty that he is not, nor has he ever been a member of the…

After meeting with wrongly deported man, Van Hollen accuses Trump of defying courts

“They are flouting the courts as we speak,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “Facilitating his return means something more than doing nothing, and they are doing nothing.”

Sen. Van Hollen Accuses Trump Border Czar of Lying About Deportations: 'Respect This Person's Constitutional Rights'

Trump border czar Tom Homan is “lying through his teeth” about the administration’s deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an American citizen who was sent to El Salvador in what has since been described as “an administrative error,” Sen. Van Hollen told ABC’s Jon Karl Sunday. Van Hollen joined Karl to discuss his trip to El Salvador to meet with Abrego Garcia, something the senator said was initially refused but became possible in part be…

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland met Friday with Salvadoran immigrant Abrego Garcia, who the Trump administration wrongfully deported to a prison in his home country in March. President Trump called Hollen an attention-seeking idiot after their meeting.

Van Hollen: 'I am not defending the man, I am defending the rights of this man to due process'

ABC News Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said Sunday that his recent trip to El Salvador was not about defending Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident deported despite a court order, but about defending the Constitution. “I am not defending the man. I’m defending the rights of this man to due process,” Van Hollen told ABC News’ “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl on Sunday. “And the Trump administration has admitted in court that he was wrongf…