Republican Rep. Riley Moore posted a photo on Tuesday of himself smiling with two thumbs up inside the Salvadoran mega prison holding Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia and other U.S. deportees. A day later, Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen wasn’t allowed inside.
Van Hollen traveled to El Salvador to push for the release of Abrego Garcia, who lived in Maryland before he was deported to the prison last month.
The administration has made clear it doesn’t intend to do anything to bring back Abrego Garcia, despite multiple officials acknowledging that the deportation was a mistake. The Trump administration punted the issue to the Salvadoran president, who said he would not return him either.