Overview

• Senator Chris Van Hollen met Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, sharing a photo of the encounter as part of his advocacy for Garcia's repatriation to the US.
• Garcia, deported in March despite asylum protections, remains detained in a high-security Salvadoran prison, with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele refusing to release him.
• The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled Garcia's deportation illegal and ordered his return, but the Trump administration has yet to comply and continues deportations under the Alien Enemies Act.
• Judge James Boasberg has accused the administration of defying court orders and threatened contempt proceedings if explanations are not provided.
• The case underscores broader tensions between the executive branch, judicial authority, and human rights concerns tied to the administration's intensified deportation policies.