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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Senator says trip to El Salvador was to support Kilmar Ábrego García’s due process

Senator Chris Van Hollen speaks with media as Jennifer Vasquez Sura, wife of Kilmar Garcia, wipes away tears at Dulles airport in Virginia on Friday.
Senator Chris Van Hollen speaks with media as Jennifer Vasquez Sura, wife of Kilmar Ábrego García, stands next to him at Dulles airport in Virginia on Friday. Photograph: Kenneth K Lam/TNS/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Senator Chris Van Hollen, who travelled to El Salvador last week to meet Kilmar Ábrego García, the man at the center of a wrongful deportation dispute, said on Sunday that his trip was to support Ábrego García’s right to due process because if that was denied then everyone’s constitutional rights were threatened in the US.

The White House has claimed Ábrego García is a member of the MS-13 gang though he has not been charged with any gang-related crimes and the supreme court has ordered his return to the US be facilitated.

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