Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said Sunday that his recent trip to El Salvador was not about defending Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident deported despite a court order, but about defending the Constitution.

“I am not defending the man. I'm defending the rights of this man to due process,” Van Hollen told ABC News' “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl on Sunday. “And the Trump administration has admitted in court that he was wrongfully detained and wrongfully deported. My mission and my purpose is to make sure that we uphold the rule of law, because if we take it away from him, we do jeopardize it for everybody else.”

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Sen. Chris Van Hollen defends due process after meeting a deported Maryland man in El Salvador on "This Week" with co-anchor Jonathan Karl.{ai:summary}Sen. Chris Van Hollen stated that his trip to El Salvador was focused on upholding constitutional rights rather than defending Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a deported Maryland resident. He emphasized the importance of due process and the implications of wrongful detention on broader legal protections. #illegals

Van Hollen: 'I am not defending the man, I am defending the rights of this man to due process'

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