Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he has met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who immigration officials say was deported by error, in El Salvador on Thursday.

The senator shared a photo with Abrego Garcia at what appears to be a restaurant.

“I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar,” Sen. Van Hollen said. “Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.”

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    The hell, they can take him out of the concentration camp for a restaurant interview but can’t just, yah know, let him out?

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      Neither country can even articulate anything he’s charged with. They just say he’s MS-13 and a terrorist, but the US officer that testified years ago that he was MS-13 has been barred from further court testimony because he’s unreliable.

      If anything Kilmar should be free in El Salvador, just because Trump wants him in prison doesn’t mean he should be. One man isn’t running the world. Right?

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        He actually came to the US on asylum from M-13, who were threatening him and his family. El Salvador is the one country on Earth he can’t legally be sent to.

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      Diplomatic corps in many countries usually can bend the law here and there.

      Also a really troll move. Expect /r/conservative to take all these photos to show non-Nazis that they’re being hysterical.