{"id":2439680,"date":"2025-05-27T21:42:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T01:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-cuts-down-dem-rep-who-tried-to-visit-his-constituent-kilmar-abrego-garcia-on-memorial-day\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T21:43:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T01:43:00","slug":"trump-admin-cuts-down-dem-rep-who-tried-to-visit-his-constituent-kilmar-abrego-garcia-on-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-cuts-down-dem-rep-who-tried-to-visit-his-constituent-kilmar-abrego-garcia-on-memorial-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Admin Cuts Down Dem Rep. Who Tried to Visit His &#8216;Constituent&#8217; Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Ftrump-admin-cuts-down-dem-rep-who-tried-to-visit-his-constituent-kilmar-abrego-garcia-on-memorial-day%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=2439680&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>The article discusses a controversial visit by Maryland Congressman Glenn Ivey to El Salvador over Memorial Day to see Kilmar Abrego Garcia,a <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\">deported illegal immigrant<\/a> with a criminal past,including gang membership and domestic abuse. Ivey&#8217;s tweet about being denied access to Garcia was met with widespread backlash on social media, highlighting concerns that he prioritized this visit over honoring fallen American soldiers, a key significance of Memorial Day. the Department of Homeland Security responded by emphasizing Garcia&#8217;s criminal background, challenging Ivey&#8217;s claim to represent him as a &#8220;constituent.&#8221; The situation underscores broader criticisms of prioritizing the rights of illegal immigrants over the interests of American citizens. The incident was framed as a misstep for Ivey and a reflection of Democratic priorities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-fires-hack-reporter-chris-cillizza\/\" title=\"CNN Fires Hack Reporter Chris Cillizza\">eliciting strong reactions<\/a> from various commentators.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>When a Maryland Democrat decided to use Memorial Day to send a message that should outrage Americans, President Donald Trump&rsquo;s Department of Homeland Security was waiting for him.<\/p>\n<p>Second-term Rep. Glenn Ivey, who represents Maryland&rsquo;s 4th Congressional District, headed south of the border &mdash; way south of the border &mdash; for the holiday weekend to try to visit &nbsp;Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the one-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/brutal-video-marylanders-thrilled-maryland-man-deported-dems-will-lose-even-minorities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&ldquo;Maryland man&rdquo;<\/a> now imprisoned in El Salvador and the most infamous of the illegal aliens deported since Trump took office.<\/p>\n<p>But Ivey&rsquo;s post on the social media platfrom X backfired badly.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia,&rdquo; Ivey wrote in the post published Monday. &ldquo;If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The news of Ivey&rsquo;s visit got wide coverage, including by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/baltimore\/news\/kilmar-abego-garcia-el-salvador-deported-maryland-glenn-ivey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WJZ-TV<\/a> in Baltimore, but Ivey might have been wishing his post got less attention. Check it out here, with just a few of the scathing responses it attracted:<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My jaw is on the floor. You spent your Memorial Day trying to visit a criminal illegal alien who violently beat his wife in front of their kids&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>You couldn&rsquo;t have thought of anything else to do today?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Apple Lamps (@lamps_apple) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lamps_apple\/status\/1927099098923937872?\">May 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You&rsquo;re being paid to represent American citizens, not fly to other countries to visit with illegal foreigners on our tax dollars. Someone needs to investigate Glenn ASAP.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LD Basler (@ArmaLite15OU812) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArmaLite15OU812\/status\/1927126838075113629?\">May 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You guys still have a hard on for that guy? He ain&rsquo;t ever coming back. How about you start working for your American constituents.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MAGA Michele (@thewalkerseven) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thewalkerseven\/status\/1927434414817997296?\">May 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Glenn, something is wrong with you for going to all this trouble for a gang member.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Peter Hubert (@PeterHubert16) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterHubert16\/status\/1927486042036195797?\">May 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>(And those are not cherry-picked. There are countless responses that are even harsher.)<\/p>\n<p>Being so busy trying to track down deported illegal aliens, Ivey might not have noticed, but Monday was Memorial Day &mdash; a national holiday in the United States to honor those who&rsquo;ve died fighting for their country.<\/p>\n<p>Even though its meaning has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/many-americans-forget-reason-memorial-day-grateful-dutch-people-preserving-memory-field-white-crosses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regrettably watered down<\/a> to the point where it sometimes seems to mean nothing more than the unofficial start of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >summer vacation season &#038;mdash<\/a>; and ubiquitous sales gimmicks &mdash; at its heart, it&rsquo;s the most somber of the national holidays.<\/p>\n<p>And it&rsquo;s a holiday for Americans to honor those who died fighting for them.<\/p>\n<p>Ivey is a member of United States Congress, well familiar with the privileges Americans enjoy by virtue of being part of the greatest country in the history of the world. But the responsibility of being grateful to those who have given their all to ensure that country&rsquo;s security has apparently eluded him.<\/p>\n<p>The DHS account on X struck back on Tuesday, noting Abrego Garcia&rsquo;s criminal history, including gang membership, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/heartbreaking-audio-garcias-wife-describing-brutal-abuse-suffered-dems-maryland-man-hero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">domestic abuse<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-bodycam-maryland-mans-suspected-human-trafficking-stop-finally-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">human trafficking<\/a> &mdash; not to mention being an illegal alien in the first place.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congressman, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a confirmed MS-13 gang member, wife beater, human trafficker, and illegal alien from El Salvador &ndash; not your constituent.<\/p>\n<p>While the mainstream media and politicians are fighting to bring a foreign terrorist and gang member back to U.S. soil,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZRH2DosmJ1\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZRH2DosmJ1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DHSgov\/status\/1927416834661220488?\">May 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Congressman, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a confirmed MS-13 gang member, wife beater, human trafficker, and illegal alien from El Salvador &ndash; not your constituent,&rdquo; the post stated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While the mainstream media and politicians are fighting to bring a foreign terrorist and gang member back to U.S. soil, @POTUS, Trump and @Sec_Noem are fighting for the victims of alien crime and putting the safety of Americans FIRST.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The DHS post &mdash; and many, many of Ivey&rsquo;s responders &mdash; also took issue the congressman&rsquo;s description of Abrego Garcia as &ldquo;constituent,&rdquo; since as an illegal alien, Abrego Garcia can&rsquo;t legally vote in U.S. elections.<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s some logic to that attack, since some definitions of the word include a voting requirement, but it&rsquo;s not a slam dunk.<\/p>\n<p>Other definitions include only the requirement that an individual live in the area represented. And more to the point, the reality is that the populations of illegal aliens in cities and states are counted as part of the U.S. Census, and those numbers are used in apportioning congressional districts.<\/p>\n<p>As National Review contributor Jason Richwine noted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/how-immigrants-redistribute-political-power-without-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">piece in November<\/a>, that&rsquo;s just one way the flood of illegal aliens into the United States has distorted the country&rsquo;s politics.<\/p>\n<p>So, it&rsquo;s really at least arguably true that Abrego Garcia could be considered a &ldquo;constituent&rdquo; of Ivey&rsquo;s. (Congratulations, Maryland 4th!) But if Ivey could pay more attention to his American &ldquo;constituents&rdquo; &mdash; the ones that aren&rsquo;t gang members, wife beaters and human traffickers &mdash; it&rsquo;s a good bet he&rsquo;d be a better U.S. representative.<\/p>\n<p>But semantics aren&rsquo;t the issue here. It&rsquo;s the Democratic priorities Ivey is putting on display &mdash; and, of course, the establishment media&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-miller-slams-medias-hypocrisy-shilling-abrego-garcia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reflexive sympathy<\/a> for the Democratic position.<\/p>\n<p>Ivey&rsquo;s post was no&nbsp;doubt intended to portray him as a lawmaker unafraid to go to any lengths to stand up for what he considers to be right.<\/p>\n<p>But what it actually showed was a blowhard &mdash; an American lawmaker who thought he could bully his way into a foreign country&rsquo;s prison system on behalf of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dhs-reveals-disturbing-new-discovery-kilmar-abrego-garcias-past-country-safer-gone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">known criminal<\/a> to serve his own progressive political ends.<\/p>\n<p>That by itself is simply disgraceful. The fact that he chose Memorial Day to do it &mdash; a day with significance that transcends every political difference in acknowledging the country&rsquo;s debt to its fallen heroes &mdash; makes it simply obscene.<\/p>\n<p>If this is what Democrats are planning for their own political future, it just proves they haven&rsquo;t learned yet what &ldquo;backfire&rdquo; really means.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Second-term Representative Glenn Ivey, who serves Maryland&#8217;s 4th Congressional District, traveled far south to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia-a former &#8220;Maryland man&#8221; now imprisoned in El Salvador and one of the most notorious illegal immigrants deported since Trump took office. However, Ivey&#8217;s social media post about his visit backfired significantly. He stated on X that he was denied access to see Garcia and challenged authorities by saying, &#8220;If there is nothing to hide, let his lawyer and me check on him.&#8221; The news gained considerable attention from outlets like WJZ-TV in Baltimore, but Ivey may have preferred less publicity given the backlash he received.<\/p>\n<p>Responses included harsh criticisms questioning his priorities for spending Memorial Day trying to meet with someone convicted of domestic violence against his wife. Critics pointed out that as an elected official representing American citizens, Ivey should not be using taxpayer resources for such visits. The Department of Homeland Security responded by highlighting Garcia&#8217;s criminal background as an MS-13 gang member involved in domestic abuse and human trafficking-emphasizing that he is not a legitimate constituent.<\/p>\n<p>Ivey&#8217;s attempt at advocacy was perceived as misguided; instead of honoring fallen heroes on Memorial Day-a day meant for reflection on their sacrifices-he chose to focus on supporting a known criminal. 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