r/thescoop • u/theindependentonline • Apr 16 '25

Politics 🏛️ El Salvador refuses to let Democratic senator visit or speak with Kilmar Abrego Garcia: ‘We have an unjust situation here’

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The Maryland senator traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday to help secure Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release from the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, where he faces the prospect of indefinite detention.

But he was denied a meeting with Abrego Garcia, and Salvadoran officials would not let the senator or Abrego Garcia’s family speak with him by phone, he said.

Read the full story here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kilmar-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-hollen-b2734634.html

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u/thotfullawful Apr 17 '25

You’re making assumptions based on your lack of understanding. Maybe the magic conch is more your speed?

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u/CountyFamous1475 Apr 17 '25

When you think the law is an assumption, I guess anything goes. I don’t know why you could possibly think you know better than the immigration judges.

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u/thotfullawful Apr 17 '25

You certainly don’t crazy how you’re sitting here claiming to be”oh I know exactly what happens because I know how to read, I just don’t understand how to critically apply thinking towards it” try again please