It is waging an online campaign against Chris Van Hollen.

Summary

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) traveled to El Salvador to seek the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident wrongfully deported in March.

Abrego Garcia, married to a U.S. citizen with three children, was legally allowed to stay under a 2019 court order.

The Trump administration admitted his deportation was an “administrative error” but refused his return. The Supreme Court ruled against the administration 9-0.

In response, the White House launched a smear campaign against Van Hollen, framing Garcia as a gang member despite no charges or convictions.

  • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    2 days ago

    Why has not a single reporter directly asked Trump or any of the administration what would happen if a US citizen were “accidentally” deported there?

    • Tetragrade@leminal.spaceEnglish
      35·
      2 days ago

      Because they took all the disloyal press off the register months ago. Only controlled journalists are allowed into the white house now.

    • Wiz@midwest.social
      23·
      2 days ago

      They did ask this, and Trump explicitly said that they want to deport citizens. “Homegrowns” which he later clarified to mean “citizens”.

    • The_Caretaker@lemm.eeEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      Citizens have probably already been sent there. People get snatched by plainclothes agents in masks and put into unmarked vehicles. Without due process they never get the opportunity to prove their citizenship and get sent to a foreign death camp for the crime of not being white enough.