Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Alex Padilla (D-CA) filed the privileged motion earlier this month that would force the State Department to issue a human rights report on El Salvador, particularly concerning the imprisonment of men deported in recent weeks from the United States.
Under a rarely invoked provision of the 1961 Foreign Assistance Act, the resolution questions whether El Salvador is working with the Trump administration to help carry out the Supreme Court’s ruling to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return.
The resolution does not mention Abrego Garcia by name but refers broadly to Americans or U.S. residents “detained or imprisoned in El Salvador.”
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The vote failed 45-50 along party lines. The resolution marks the Democrats’ newest push to
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