{"id":2423954,"date":"2025-04-15T19:24:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T23:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-push-for-congressional-trip-to-el-salvador-to-visit-trump-deportees-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T19:25:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T23:25:34","slug":"house-democrats-push-for-congressional-trip-to-el-salvador-to-visit-trump-deportees-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-push-for-congressional-trip-to-el-salvador-to-visit-trump-deportees-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats push for congressional trip to El Salvador to visit Trump deportees &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-democrats-push-for-congressional-trip-to-el-salvador-to-visit-trump-deportees-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2423954&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Democrats are advocating for a congressional delegation to visit a megaprison in El Salvador, were the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freshman-nc-dem-dollars-biden-on-iran-deal\/\" title=\"Fresh... NC Dem Dollars Biden on Iran Deal\">trump management<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">deported numerous individuals<\/a>. Representatives Robert Garcia (D-CA) and Maxwell Frost (D-FL) have formally requested authorization to undertake this trip, which would require approval from House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) for official status and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-are-at-the-mercy-of-terrorists-kayleigh-mcenany-responds-to-taliban-grounded-flights-in-afghanistan\/\" title=\"\u2018We Are At The Mercy Of Terrorists\u2019: Kayleigh McEnany Responds To Taliban...Grounded Flights In Afghanistan\">security considerations<\/a>. The push for the trip arises from concerns about the detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador. Despite a Supreme Court ruling calling for Garcia&#8217;s return to the U.S., the White House claims it lacks the authority to act. Democrats have also expressed intentions to ensure garcia&#8217;s well-being and advocate for his release, with some lawmakers, including Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), indicating plans to travel to El Salvador for this purpose.The situation has raised tensions,especially following comments from the Department of homeland Security labeling Garcia as an MS-13 gang member.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House Democrats push for congressional trip to El Salvador to visit Trump deportees<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2092058\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democrats<\/a> are pushing to organize a congressional delegation to the megaprison in El Salvador where the Trump administration is sending hundreds of deportees.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers have the ability to travel to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/EL-SALVADOR\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">El Salvador<\/a> on their own but would have to seek GOP approval from House Oversight Committee Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-comer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">James Comer<\/a> (R-KY) to embark on an official trip that grants them security and oversight power.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3380046\/republicans-search-fresh-messaging-counter-democrats-tax-cut-attacks\/\">GOP searches for &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-searches-for-fresh-messaging-to-counter-democrats-tax-cut-attacks-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"GOP searches for \u2018fresh messaging\u2019 to counter ...\u2019 tax cut attacks ... 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Robert Garcia (D-CA) and Maxwell Frost (D-FL) requested that authorization in a Tuesday letter, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/04\/15\/house-democrats-el-salvador-cecot-trump-bukele\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Axios<\/em><\/a>, as Democrats protest the detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man wrongfully deported to the prison earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court upheld a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-withdraws-contempt-order-against-trump-with-conditions\/\" title=\"Judge Withdraws Contempt Order Against Trump, With Conditions\">court ruling ordering<\/a> the Trump administration to &ldquo;facilitate&rdquo; Abrego Garcia&rsquo;s return to the United States, but the White House denies it has any authority.<\/p>\n<p>The standoff has prompted several Democrats to request the trip as a &ldquo;welfare check.&rdquo; Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), who represents the state where Abrego Garcia resided, has asked for a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to discuss his detention. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Kilmar is not home by midweek &mdash; I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release,&rdquo; Van Hollen wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikenzieFrost\/status\/1911755696325935120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">letter<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A handful of Democratic colleagues proceeded to follow suit after Van Hollen&rsquo;s letter, with <br \/>Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) among those reportedly in the process of planning a trip to the Central American country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We must all stand as a united front against the kidnapping and illegal detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador,&rdquo; Frost <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MaxwellFrostFL\/status\/1911951002330149223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">wrote on X<\/a> on Monday in response to Van Hollen. &ldquo;Senator, I am willing to join you and help Organize other members of the House to do the same.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need answers now. I&rsquo;m ready to join Sen.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VanHollenForMD\"> @VanHollenForMD<\/a> and my colleagues<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MaxwellFrostFL\"> @MaxwellFrostFL<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RobertGarcia\"> @RobertGarcia<\/a> in El Salvador to demand Kilmar Abrego Garcia&rsquo;s release and get him safely back to his family,&rdquo; Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) added in a separate post <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yassaminansari\/status\/1911960635296100456?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The letter follows a visit by Bukele to the White House earlier this week in which he declined to help return Abrego Garcia. The Salvadoran native had been protected in 2019 by a U.S. immigration judge saying he would likely face persecution if he were to return to his home country, while the Trump administration claims he was an MS-13 gang member.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3381015\/aoc-raises-nearly-10-million-first-quarter-smashing-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>AOC RAISES NEARLY $10 MILLION IN FIRST QUARTER, SMASHING RECORD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think this illegal alien is exactly where he belongs &mdash; home in El Salvador. He was in our country illegally, he is from El Salvador, was born in El Salvador, and, oh, the media forgot to mention: He is a MS-13 gang member,&rdquo; Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia Mclaughlin said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/04\/14\/icymi-dhs-sets-record-straight-about-kilmar-abrego-garcia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">statement<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> has reached out to Comer&rsquo;s office for comment on the requested trip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2092058\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2092058\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats seek congressional trip to El Salvador&#8217;s megaprison for Trump deportees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2423955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP23164740619417.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[46744,44880,33723,53519],"class_list":["post-2423954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-congressional-trip","tag-el-salvador","tag-house-democrats","tag-trump-deportees"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP23164740619417.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2423954"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2423958,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423954\/revisions\/2423958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2423955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2423954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2423954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2423954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}