US Senator goes to El Salvador to push for release of wrongfully deported citizen

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00:00Here at the airport, I'm about to board my flight for San Salvador.

00:03The goal of this mission is to let the Trump administration, to let the government of El

00:08Salvador know that we are going to keep fighting to bring Albrego Garcia home until he returns

00:17to his family.

00:18I hope to meet with representatives of the government.

00:21I hope to have the chance to actually see Kilmar and see what his condition is.

00:26But we are going to keep fighting because this is a miscarriage of justice.

00:31The Supreme Court has ruled nine to zero, nine to zero, that he was illegally taken out

00:39of the country and put in a prison in El Salvador.

00:43And this is about due process.

00:46This is about rule of law.

00:47What bullies do is they begin by picking on the most vulnerable.

00:51But if we get rid of the rule of law at due process, the United States, it's a short

00:56road from there to tear.

00:58I just landed at the airport in San Salvador a little while ago.

01:01I'm now en route into the city, looking forward to meeting with the team from the American

01:07embassy.

01:08And I do want to thank our foreign service officers and the whole team at this embassy

01:13and embassies around the world for all the good work they do on behalf of our country.

01:18I'm proud to co-chair the bipartisan Foreign Service Caucus that stands up for the men and

01:25women who are serving our country overseas and at home in the State Department.

01:30After that, I hope to meet with some high-level government officials from El Salvador.

01:36As I've said before, the goal of my visit is to talk to people here about the release

01:42of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

01:44I told his wife and his family I would do everything possible to bring him home, and we're going

01:52to keep working at this until we're successful.

01:54I also hope to have the chance to meet with him, but we'll have a better idea if that works

01:59out a little later on.