WATCH: Van Hollen meeting with Vice President of El Salvador

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YlCTjGCH20 

 

May 15, 2025

Van Hollen meeting with Vice President of El Salvador -- The VP of El Salvador repeatedly told me "the ball is in your court" when it comes to bringing Abrego Garcia home — making clear Trump is violating a 9-0 SCOTUS ruling to “facilitate” his return. I said this in my recent letter to Trump, and here's the video to back it up.

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i understand the president's out

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country appreciate the chance to talk um

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and I'm happy to do this all on the

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record if you want to do this all on the

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record okay well I'm happy to do that

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i'm coming here because the Supreme

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Court by 9 to0 rule said that the Trump

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administration had to facilitate the

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return

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of Mr carson so my question to you and

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and your government is will you release

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him so that he can go get the due

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process that he rightfully deserves in

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the courts of the United States as the

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president said the Salvador is not able

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to take any action regarding the case

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because the case is in the US and

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usually we do not express any opinion on

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domestic affairs the situation is in the

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United States institution Supreme Court

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administration i mean the ball is in

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your court once the case will be

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resolved definitely and there will be

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clear instruction regarding this case or

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any other cases and several governments

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applying our you know principles because

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we are trying to build a bure of law of

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course we will act accordingly but so

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far the situation is in a an unsought

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case in the states so my answer is once

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you solve this problem over

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there we are ready to follow whatever

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will be indicated according our

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principles and our the law because we

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try to follow the law in any particular

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actions so that's could be a straight

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answer to your question at this current

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moment we cannot take any actions

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because the case is still in the United

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States

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cp so the administration has conceded in

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court that he's been illegally

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abducted but with

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respect the there's nothing in my view

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what is it that would keep the the

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government of Pal Salvador from

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releasing him i mean under is he being

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charged under your law no my question

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could be the same what is your

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recommendation to central government we

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can take him to the airport and ask

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airline to take him to the states you

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think the airline would take a person

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without passport no what kind of visa he

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was carrying if you think that

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operationally we can release a person

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without any papers without any visa that

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what the president said we cannot smoke

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person to stay because if we send a

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person without a visa to

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vis what kind of visa he call to get

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legally into state and that is really a

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big concern for us no one's asking him