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'I Should Have The Opportunity To Visit With My Constituent': Glenn Ivey Calls To Meet With Kilmar Abrego Garcia
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5/27/2025
At a press briefing in San Salvador, El Salvador, Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD) called for the ability to meet with the imprisoned Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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Thank you for coming today. My name is Glenn Ivey. I'm the congressman from Maryland.
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I represent the district that Kilmar is from, and I came down here again. I was here in El
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Salvador two years ago, but I came this time to visit with Kilmar, and I was deeply disappointed
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and frankly angry that we were not allowed to get in to see him. We had reached out. I'd
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have a meeting with the ambassador from El Salvador to the United States. We met last
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week, and I told them we were coming and we wanted to meet with Kilmar, so they were aware
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of that. We also had direct communications with other members of the government, so they
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knew we were coming. And we talked with our ambassador, who also reached out to the government
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here. So the fact that they didn't let us in, in fact, they told us at the gate that we
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had to go back to San Salvador to get a permit, which is ridiculous. You know, this is an
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international visit. I'm a member of Congress. I should have the opportunity to visit with
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my constituent. And the United States has a contract with El Salvador. Apparently, we haven't
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been allowed to see that yet. But the United States has a contract with El Salvador, and
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the money that comes from that has to be authorized by Congress, because we have the power of the
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purse. So I had an oversight opportunity here that was not permitted, and I think that was
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a big mistake on the part of the El Salvadoran government. But the bigger issue is the Trump
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administration, because I know that President Trump could pick up the phone, make a call
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to El Salvador, and have Kilmar released and sent back to the United States. If he made the
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call, he'd be back within hours. So the Trump administration has been dragging its feet. You
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know, the Supreme Court of the United States told them to facilitate Kilmar's return. They have
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not done that, which I think is a clear violation of the Constitution. And it's important for
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us in Congress to support the judges in the United States who are making these rulings and
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to continue pressuring the Trump administration to comply with the law.
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So I was very happy to have some assistance when we came down. We came down as a group.
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And Abel is one of the people – actually, he brought me here two years ago and helped me
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understand the lay of the land, and he came back with us again today. So I wanted to give
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him a chance to speak as well. So we'll slide over a little bit so you can get the direct
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mic.
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