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'Pure Political Theatre': John Barrasso Slams Dems' Bill To File Human Rights Report For El Salvador
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5/13/2025
During remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) spoke about a resolution filed by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA).
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Madam President, Madam President, this week, Senator Cain of Virginia, Senator Van Hollen of Maryland,
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are going to force a vote on a resolution here in the Senate, and astonishingly, it is in defense of illegal immigrant criminals.
00:17
They're going to take up the Senate time, the time of the American people, because they want to defend illegal immigrant criminals.
00:25
It's called the Cain-Van Hollen Resolution, pure political theater, not about human rights.
00:33
It's about protecting Americans, in my opinion, from violent crime, and that's why I'm opposing what they are proposing here today.
00:42
What they're proposing is to shield illegal immigrant criminals, shield them from deportation, and shield them as they try to evade arrest.
00:53
Democrats want to defend illegal immigrant criminals, and apparently they want to continue to do that.
00:59
Let's talk about illegal immigrant criminals, and let's talk about the one that they're running to check on in El Salvador, Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
01:12
That's what one of them did, went to go check on him.
01:16
The media likes to call him the Maryland man.
01:19
Senator Van Hollen said he doesn't vouch for Garcia.
01:24
He's one of many Democrats now who have gone to El Salvador.
01:30
Let's talk about Garcia's record.
01:33
That's what the American people have been hearing about as well.
01:36
For starters, Garcia is an illegal immigrant with a deportation order.
01:43
He's been ordered by the courts to be deported from the United States.
01:46
His own lawyer has conceded in immigration court that he entered the country illegally back in 2011,
01:56
and he is fully subject to deportation, and a deportation order has been given.
02:01
Moreover, in 2019, an immigration judge, again, a judge,
02:08
determined Garcia was a verified member of MS-13.
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A verified member of MS-13.
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Well, then they appealed.
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Well, the determination was upheld on appeal.
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Yes, he's a verified member of MS-13.
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Oh, he's also suspected of human trafficking,
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because in 2022, he was caught driving eight passengers from Texas to Maryland.
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He stopped in Tennessee.
02:36
He was driving eight passengers from Texas to Maryland in a car registered to a human smuggler.
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Astonishing.
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That's who the Democrats are defending.
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He was driving on a suspended license, no proof of insurance, all in violation of the law.
02:55
None of these eight passengers being moved, transported from Texas to Maryland had any luggage.
03:03
Tennessee law enforcement recently released the body camera footage of the stop.
03:08
It's real.
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But what else do we know?
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Well, his wife, Garcia's wife, sought two protective orders,
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two protective orders against him for threatening to kill her.
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That's who the Democrats are here defending today.
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Not that one individual, but that whole style of behavior
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that has now impacted every community in America
03:33
as 10 million illegal immigrants have flooded into our country during the Biden administration.
03:38
What's President Trump done?
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He has taken this dangerous thug off the streets.
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But now Democrats are fighting to bring illegal immigrant criminals,
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in his case and others, back into the country.
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How many people want him as the next-door neighbor?
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Is that good news?
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Is that what the Democrats want?
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Hey, bring him back.
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Bring him into your community.
04:00
President Trump and Republicans in this body are protecting our communities.
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We're supporting and actually deporting illegal immigrant criminals.
04:10
Democrats' policies would allow each and every one of those criminals
04:14
to roam free in our communities.
04:18
Americans were forced to live with Democrats' failed approach at the border
04:22
for the last four years.
04:23
10 million illegal immigrants flooded into the country, entered with ease.
04:30
Open border policies, what did it do?
04:32
What do we know about our home state of Wyoming?
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Drove up crime.
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Drove up fentanyl deaths.
04:38
So many illegal immigrants, they strained our schools, our hospitals, our communities.
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And Democrats are now attempting to weaken the strong and successful border security policies
04:48
that this current administration is actually enforcing, which the Democrats ignored.
04:56
Illegal crossings are down 93% from last year.
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In April, only five illegal immigrants were released into the country.
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Compare that to April one year ago.
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Joe Biden was in charge.
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He was the president.
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The Democrats were the majority.
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68,000 illegal immigrants were released into America in the single month under Joe Biden.
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That was the month of April last year.
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Look, we are putting in place strong border security.
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Republicans are leading the way.
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We ended this catch-and-release program.
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We restored Remain in Mexico.
05:31
We are the party of secure borders and safe communities.
05:36
The Democrats are the party of open borders and crime running rampant.
05:42
So the response of the obstructionist Democrat
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is to push a political stunt, and that's what they're doing here today.
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This Cain Van Hollen resolution, it wastes the Senate's time.
05:55
It delays our important work on behalf of the American people.
05:58
I have not heard one Democrat, and I hope some come to the floor
06:02
and explain how allowing MS-13 gang members to roam free in our communities
06:07
and in our neighborhoods, how that makes America safer or stronger.
06:12
What's the Democrat plan to protect Americans like Lakin Riley and Rachel Morin
06:18
and other victims of their failed policies?
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They have none.
06:23
They have none.
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Republicans know how to keep America safe, secure the border, fund law enforcement,
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deport illegal immigrant criminals.
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That's the way to keep our country safe and strong.
06:40
Thank you, Mr. President.
06:41
I yield the floor.
06:43
Suggested.
06:45
The Clerk will call the roll.
06:47
Ms. Officer Brooks.
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