During Wednesday’s Congressional Hispanic Caucus briefing, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) called for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador.
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00:00Thank you, Congressman. Thank all the members of the CHC and the members who are here and all of you and
00:07to
00:08Kilmar's family to Jennifer his beloved wife to Cecilia his mother to Cesar his brother
00:18We are with you in this fight for justice and we demand we demand that Kilmar be returned home now
00:26What has happened here should never happen in the United States of America?
00:32This is a person who was here legally. He was a steel worker
00:39Congressman Ivy and I are proud to represent him and his family in Maryland and
00:48He was whisked off
00:51without any due process and is now
00:54in a
00:56torturous and treacherous jail
00:59in El Salvador
01:02This is something that is so reprehensible
01:06That we will fight back in the courts and we'll fight back in Congress will fight back in our communities
01:12But right now of course this is in the courts and
01:16I
01:17am I am heartened by the fact that as you said Jennifer a Maryland judge
01:22federal district court judge
01:24Innes
01:25found and I quote
01:27There were no legal grounds whatsoever for his arrest
01:32detention or removal
01:33She went on to say
01:35His detention appears wholly lawless
01:39Lawless
01:40Lawless
01:41The judge pointed out and again, I want to quote
01:43Particularly to Abrego Garcia
01:45Abrego Garcia
01:47The risk of harm shocks the conscience
01:51Because of the dangers he faces every day in that El Salvador prison
01:56And the Trump administration is lying
01:59J.D. Vance
02:01J.D. Vance
02:02Lied through his teeth
02:04When he said
02:06That
02:07Kilmer had been convicted
02:09Of a crime in the United States
02:11Absolutely false
02:13And the president vice president United States should apologize
02:16To the family and he should do it now
02:19We also continue to hear lies from the administration
02:25And I will point out when the government's lawyer admitted in court
02:33That Kilmer had been accidentally disappeared
02:40The Trump administration put that lawyer on administrative leave
02:45They punish people who tell the truth
02:48And they reward people who lie
02:52And so all of us need to make sure that we stand together at this time
02:58And I just want to say again to the family
03:01We will work with you to make sure justice is done
03:06That Kilmer comes home
03:07And I want to thank you also
03:09For coming forward
03:11To have the courage to do it
03:13And when you do that you embolden others
03:15Because as you know it's not just Kilmer
03:18And it's not just your family
03:20We are seeing people being disappeared
03:23Across the United States
03:25In some case they're visiting students
03:27In some case they're other people who are legal immigrants
03:32And what you're doing is standing up
03:35Yes for your family
03:37And for your kids
03:38And for your husband
03:40But you're also standing up for all those other people right now
03:43Who are under threat from a Wallace administration
03:46And that's why we all stand with you
03:49And I know that we will prevail
03:52Justice has to prevail
03:54Because I'm not
03:56When this
03:58The Trump administration looks like a
04:00More and more of a police state everyday
04:02And that's a country that none of us recognize
04:04And we're all fighting for the country we love
04:06Thank you
04:07Thank you