Maryland congressman denied access to see man wrongly deported to El Salvador
Source: Reuters
May 27, 2025 5:11 AM EDT Updated 4 hours ago
SAN SALVADOR, May 26 (Reuters) - A Maryland congressman said on Monday he was unable to meet one of his constituents, a Salvadoran man wrongly deported from the United States to a prison in El Salvador. Representative Glenn Ivey, a Democrat, had traveled to El Salvador to meet Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who is being held in the notorious CECOT prison for gang members.
Ivey, speaking in a social media video that appeared to have been filmed outside the prison, said that he and Abrego Garcia's lawyer had not been allowed inside. "If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap," Ivey said. He added that a formal request had been made with the Salvadoran ambassador to the U.S. ahead of the visit, but when he arrived at the prison officials told him he needed a permit to enter.
Abrego Garcia's case has pitted the defiant administration of U.S. President Donald Trump against the courts, including the Supreme Court, raising the prospect of a constitutional conflict after the government acknowledged he was deported because of an administrative error.
El Salvador's government has also refused to return him. The government on Monday did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Ivey's visit. The White House has repeated the unproven accusation that Abrego Garcia is part of MS-13, which the administration has designated a foreign terrorist group.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/maryland-congressman-denied-access-see-man-wrongly-deported-el-salvador-2025-05-27/
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