House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) rejected claims that deported Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia did not receive due process in his removal from the United States last month.
Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant, was deported to El Salvador last month despite a “withholding order” preventing him from being deported to that specific country over fears he would be persecuted by a gang there. The Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration must “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return to the U.S. and continue with his deportation case “as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador,” but Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has repeatedly said he will not release Abrego Garcia from the country.
Democrats, including Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), have claimed Abrego Garcia has not received due process
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