By Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | AZ Mirror
Democratic U.S. Rep. Yassamin Ansari announced Wednesday that she is planning to travel to an El Salvador megaprison to attempt to visit a Maryland man who was wrongfully deported to that country, but who the Trump administration refuses to help return to America.
“Kilmar Abrego Garcia should be home in Maryland right now,” Ansari said in a press release announcing her intentions to try to visit Abrego Garcia. “His illegal abduction and the subsequent complete dismissal of the Supreme Court ruling is deeply disturbing. Our rights shouldn’t be revoked to propagate Trump’s authoritarian agenda. This is a constitutional crisis.”
Abrego Garcia’s case has sparked international controversy and a legal challenge seeking his return. The Trump administration has acknowledged that he was mistakenly sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador — a judge years ago ruled that he could not be deported — with no due process, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously last week that Abrego Garcia should be returned.
