Oregon lawmaker latest Democrat to visit El Salvador for deported illegal migrant Abrego Garcia
Dexter said that Abrego Garcia is a 'legal' U.S. resident who has had his due process rights ripped away
By Michael Dorgan Fox News
Published April 19, 2025 8:05am EDT | Updated April 19, 2025 9:18am EDT
A Democratic congresswoman from Oregon is the latest lawmaker to announce she will travel to El Salvador to advocate for the release of deported illegal migrant Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.
Rep. Maxine Dexter, said late Friday she would jet to the South American country following Sen. Chris Van Hollen's, D-Md., highly publicized visit there this week when he met with Abrego Garcia, who was deported to the country’s "Terrorism Confinement Center" (CECOT) megaprison with other suspected illegal migrant gang members last month.
"A legal U.S. resident has had his due process rights ripped away and is now being held indefinitely in a foreign prison," Dexter said in a statement.
"This is not just one family’s nightmare; it is a constitutional crisis that should outrage every single one of us. I will travel to El Salvador to confront this crisis head on. Our constitutional rights are on the line."
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