{"id":2424667,"date":"2025-04-17T12:24:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-stunt-to-retrieve-man-from-el-salvador-ends-with-embarrassing-dud\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T12:25:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:25:52","slug":"democrats-stunt-to-retrieve-man-from-el-salvador-ends-with-embarrassing-dud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-stunt-to-retrieve-man-from-el-salvador-ends-with-embarrassing-dud\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat&#8217;s Stunt to Retrieve Man from El Salvador Ends with Embarrassing Dud"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fdemocrats-stunt-to-retrieve-man-from-el-salvador-ends-with-embarrassing-dud%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=2424667&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>A recent attempt by Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen too visit El Salvador and advocate for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an alleged MS-13 gang member and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-dem-promoted-radical-groups-that-bail-out-violent-criminals-work-to-abolish-police\/\" title=\"Iowa Dem Promoted Radical Groups That Bail Out Violent Criminals, Work to Abolish Police\">accused domestic abuser<\/a>, was unsuccessful. Van Hollen aimed to negotiate for Abrego garcia&#8217;s release from a Salvadoran prison but was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-women-barred-from-strip-joint-seek-ruling-from-florida-supreme-court\/\" title=\"Two Women Barred From Strip Joint Seek Ruling From Florida Supreme Court\">denied entry due<\/a> to procedural restrictions and advised to work through the U.S. embassy rather. Despite expressing his commitment to helping Abrego Garcia&#8217;s family, the Trump administration has stated that he remains a Salvadoran citizen and will not be returned to the U.S., characterizing his deportation as a matter of homeland security. Officials in El Salvador, including Vice President F\u00e9lix Ulloa, have reiterated that Abrego Garcia will not be repatriated, sparking criticism from the White House regarding Van Hollen&#8217;s priorities amid the issues related to illegal immigration in Maryland.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Democratic senator&rsquo;s effort to swoop into El Salvador and free an alleged MS-13 gang member and accused wife beater, who has become a liberal cause, crashed and burned when El Salvador refused to follow the script.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland was turned away from his bid to visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bombshell-maryland-man-dems-love-turns-wife-beater-according-wife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kilmar Abrego Garcia<\/a> at El Salvador&rsquo;s Terrorism Confinement Center, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/16\/us-news\/maryland-sen-chris-van-hollen-turned-away-from-el-salvador-prison-in-push-for-alleged-ms-13-member-kilmar-abrego-garcias-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;They should just let him go,&rdquo; Van Hollen said after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/el-salvador-president-slams-cnns-kaitlan-collins-preposterous-question-says-not-returning-deported-ms-13-suspect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">meeting<\/a> with El Salvadoran Vice President F&eacute;lix Ulloa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I promised [Abrego Garcia&rsquo;s family] that I would do everything I could to get him out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I won&rsquo;t stop trying,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This is an unsustainable and unjust moment. So it cannot continue this way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador &mdash; along with members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang &mdash; when President Donald Trump flexed his powers under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport threats to America&rsquo;s safety.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The administration has resisted calls to bring him back to the U.S., saying that while there may have been an administrative mixup in the deportation, it is one fewer illegal immigrant gang member in America who would be deported another way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Van Hollen said, he sought multiple avenues in which to contact Abrego Garcia, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/04\/16\/el-salvador-senator-mistakenly-deported-man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said Ulloa told him that he could not simply enter the prison to chat with Abrego Garcia, and that the only way to arrange a phone call is to work with the U.S. embassy in El Salvador.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-top-immigration-adviser-biden-agenda-would-fundamentally-erase-very-essence-of-americas-nationhood\/\" title=\"Ex-Top Immigration Adviser: Biden Agenda \u2018Would Fundamentally Erase Very Essence Of America\u2019s Nationhood\u2019\">criminal illegal immigrant<\/a> is already home &mdash; he&rsquo;s a Salvadoran citizen,&rdquo; the Trump administration said in a statement, the Post noted. &ldquo;&hellip; [W]here was his [Van Hollen&rsquo;s] concern for Maryland constituents put at risk by the many other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">illegal immigrants allowed<\/a> to roam free until now?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s appalling and sad that Sen. Van Hollen and the Democrats applauding his trip to El Salvador today are incapable of having any shred of common sense or empathy for their own constituents and our citizens,&rdquo; White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Wednesday, officials released documentation from the Prince George&rsquo;s County, Maryland, Police Department that linked Abrego Garcia to MS-13 gang members, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/maryland-man-kilmar-abrego-garcia-exposed-police-records-violent-repeat-wife-beater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The department&rsquo;s Gang Unit MS-13 Intelligence Squad interviewed Abrego Garcia and contacted a &ldquo;past proven and reliable source&rdquo; who identified him as an MS-13 member.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attorney General Pam Bondi said all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-lawmakers-show-true-priorities-plan-trip-visit-suspected-ms-13-member-el-salvador-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">huffing and puffing<\/a> from the left, which has adopted Abrego Garcia as a cause, will not change what takes place, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/bondi-defiant-says-abrego-garcia-stay-el-salvador-end-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;He is not coming back to our country,&rdquo; Bondi said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pam-bondi-kash-patel-issue-warnings-nabbing-suspect-domestic-terrorist-attack-tesla-dealership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bondi<\/a> said that Salvadorian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bukele-called-greatest-time-smackdown-gave-dem-sen-trying-return-maryland-man-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nayib Bukele<\/a> &ldquo;said he was not sending him back. That&rsquo;s the end of the story. If he wanted to send him back, we would give him a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-maga-republicans-could-use-default-to-sink-his-reelection\/\" title=\"Biden warns &#039;MAGA Republicans&#039; may use default to harm his reelection.\">plane ride back<\/a>. There was no situation, ever, where he was going to stay in this country. 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Senator Chris Van Hollen from Maryland was denied access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia at the country&#8217;s Terrorism Confinement Center, as reported by the New York Post. After meeting with El Salvador&#8217;s Vice President F\u00e9lix Ulloa, Van Hollen stated, &#8220;They should just let him go,&#8221; adding that he had promised Abrego Garcia\u2019s family he would do everything possible to help him. 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