Democrat Spent His Memorial Day Weekend Trying To Meet With Alleged Gangbanger In El SalvadorJason Hopkins
Immigration Reporter
May 27, 2025 10:31 AM ET
A Maryland congressman failed in an attempt to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia over the Memorial Day weekend, making him the latest in a string of Democratic lawmakers to fly to El Salvador to advocate for the alleged MS-13 gang member deported from the U.S.
Maryland Democratic Rep. Glenn Ivey posted a video Monday on social media, revealing that he was denied entry into the prison facility holding Abrego Garcia. The Maryland lawmaker — joined by the alleged gang member’s lawyer and a representative of a Maryland-based workers’ union — had hoped to speak to Abrego Garcia and repeated calls for him to be returned to the U.S.
“I’m the congressman that represents Kilmar,” Ivey said in a video posted on X, despite Abrego Garcia never being a U.S. citizen nor a legal resident of the country. He appeared to be standing in front of the prison alongside his delegation.
“I came all the way down from the United States after we contacted their ambassador, after we made a formal request to our ambassador to the El Salvadoran government, and we came down here to visit him today, and now they’re telling us we’ve got to go all the way back to San Salvador [the country’s capital] to get a permit,” Ivey said. “That’s ridiculous. We ought to have a chance to come in and visit.”
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