Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday with the intention of visiting alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was living illegally in Maryland before he was deported to a mega prison. (Getty Images)
Van Hollen's visit to El Salvador comes two days after an El Salvadoran illegal alien was convicted of raping and murdering Rachel Morin, a Maryland mom of five, on a trail in Bel Air.
Morin's mother, Patty, said Van Hollen has never reached out to her about her daughter's violent murder in Maryland, yet he is prioritizing bringing a deported man back to the state.
Van Hollen did release the following statement on his official Senate website shortly after Morin's killer was convicted, writing that the "verdict brings a measure of justice that [Rachel's family] so deserve[s]."
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador's "Terrorism Confinement Center" (CECOT) for his alleged affiliation with the MS-13 gang. He was marked eligible for deportation in 2019. (U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland via AP)
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Van Hollen is not the only Democrat lawmaker seeking to visit Abrego Garcia in El Salvador with the goal of bringing him back to the U.S. after the Supreme Court last week upheld a lower court's decision ordering his return.
The court required the "government to 'facilitate' Abrego Garcia's release from custody in El Salvador and to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador."
The Trump administration agreed to clear any administrative obstacles keeping Abrego Garcia from returning to the U.S., but Attorney General Pam Bondi has said that returning him is "up to El Salvador. If they want to return him. That's not up to us."
Fox News Digital's Peter Pinedo, Greg Wehner and Bill Melugin contributed to this report.
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