Home Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer slammed Democrats for requesting taxpayer-funded journey to El Salvador to go to a deported unlawful alien with alleged ties to the MS-13 gang.
In a letter shared on X, Comer knowledgeable Democratic Reps. Robert Garcia of California and Maxwell Alejandro Frost of Florida that in the event that they want to meet with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, they’ll must pay for the journey themselves.
He wrote:
It’s absurd that you just each displayed lively hostility for over two years towards the Committee’s oversight of the Biden Border Disaster and the implications of hundreds of thousands of unlawful aliens coming into the nation, but now, you might be in search of journey at Committee expense to satisfy with international gang members.
You could be happy to know {that a} Democrat Senator, Chris Van Hollen, was photographed simply yesterday in El Salvador having fun with margaritas garnished with cherry slices with the international gang member your letter references.
In the event you additionally want to meet with him, you possibly can spend your personal cash. However I can’t approve a single dime of taxpayer funds to be used on the tour you’ve requested.
The request got here lower than 24 hours after Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen traveled to El Salvador to satisfy with Abrego Garcia and foyer for his return to america.
I stated my foremost purpose of this journey was to satisfy with Kilmar. Tonight I had that probability. I’ve referred to as his spouse, Jennifer, to go alongside his message of affection. I stay up for offering a full replace upon my return. pic.twitter.com/U9y2gZpxCb
— Senator Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) April 18, 2025
Trump, in the meantime, has maintained that he is not going to be returning Abrego Garcia to the U.S. underneath any circumstances and asserted that he’s certainly a member of the infamous MS-13 avenue gang, recognized for brutal acts of cruelty and violence.
He wrote on Fact Social Friday night:
That is the hand of the person that the Democrats really feel needs to be introduced again to america, as a result of he’s such “a positive and harmless individual.”
They stated he isn’t a member of MS-13, although he’s obtained MS-13 tattooed onto his knuckles, and two Extremely Revered Courts discovered that he was a member of MS-13, beat up his spouse, and so forth.
I used to be elected to take dangerous folks out of america, amongst different issues. I have to be allowed to do my job. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
