Ansari to Travel to El Salvador to Demand Due Process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia

PHOENIX - Today, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) announced her plan to travel to El Salvador to attempt to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was unlawfully deported by President Donald Trump's administration and is now detained in President Nayib Bukele's notoriously horrific mega-prison. Her visit comes after President Trump himself admitted that Garcia's detention was an "error" but refused to abide by a federal judge's orderto facilitate Garcia's return home.

"Kilmar Abrego Garcia should be home in Maryland right now. His illegal abduction and the subsequent complete dismissal of the Supreme Court ruling is deeply disturbing. Our rights shouldn't be revoked to propagate Trump's authoritarian agenda. This is a constitutional crisis," said Rep. Yassamin Ansari. "He's already said that he's ready and willing to illegally deport 'home-growns' and American citizens. If this can happen to Mr. Garcia, it can happen to any of us. My parents fled an authoritarian regime in Iran where people 'disappeared' - I refuse to sit back and watch it happen here, too. That's why I plan to join my colleagues in traveling to El Salvador to visit Mr. Garcia and make sure Trump's war on our Constitution and due process stops here."

WATCH Ansari discuss on BBC today, HERE.

Follow @RepYassAnsari on all social media platforms and visit Ansari.House.gov to learn more.

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