Democrat who didn’t support Laken Riley Act visits criminal immigrants in El Salvador
Van Hollen traveled over 3,000 miles to visit Abrego Garcia. However, he apparently couldn’t find the time to visit the family of Rachel Morin, 37, a mother of five who was brutally murdered in August 2023 by an illegal immigrant from El Salvador. He tried several times to meet with him in El Salvador, demonstrating incredible persistence. Van Hollen eventually met with Abrego Garcia and posted about it on social media.
“I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar,” he
posted on X on Thursday night, complete with a photo of them talking. “Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.”
All of this is indicative of Van Hollen’s lack of a moral code and his prioritization of criminals while dismissing and downplaying the protection of the innocent. Abrego Garcia was in the country illegally and should have been deported years ago. The incompetence of the country’s broken immigration system prevented that from happening. There were valid concerns over the legality of his deportation to El Salvador, but those are arguably overblown.
Van Hollen and other supporters of Abrego Garcia aren’t merely upset that he was deported to El Salvador, or, as they claim, due process. Many of these same people said nothing when Trump, pro-life demonstrators, Republican activists, or Jan. 6 protesters experienced arguably illegitimate and questionable “justice.” They are only upset because he was deported, period. They are just scapegoating the sloppiness of the Trump administration’s actions.