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Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen addressed reporters after returning from El Salvador on Friday where he met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported there by President Donald Trump’s administration.
Abrego Garcia told Van Hollen that he has been moved from the notorious Salvadoran prison known as CECOT to a detention center with better conditions.
The senator told reporters the case is more than just about Abrego Garcia: “It’s about protecting the constitutional rights of everybody who resides in the United States.”
Other news we’re following:
Passport ruling affecting transgender Americans: A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of “X” markers by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers.Ukraine-Russia peace efforts: Trump said Friday that the negotiations are “coming to a head” and insisted that neither side is “playing” him in his push to end the grinding war. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned earlier that the U.S. may “move on” if there is no progress in the coming days.Another IRS lead axed: Just days after being promoted to acting IRS commissioner, Gary Shapley is out and will be replaced by Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender, according to three people familiar with the decision. The New York Times says Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to Trump that Shapley had been installed without his knowledge and at the behest of Elon Musk.
