Sen. Chris Van Hollen joined the family of Kilmar Abrego Garcia after he returned from El Salvador and pushed the administration to bring the man back to the U.S.

Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen shared an update on his trip to El Salvador, saying he was denied a meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man who was mistakenly deported and remains in prison.

SAN SALVADOR (AP) — Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Thursday evening in El Salvador, coming face to face with the wrongly deported man after two days in the country ...

"I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance," the senator said on social media.

"I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar," Van Hollen said in a post on ... and that he just wanted to meet with Abrego Garcia. The senator was also told he could not be promised ...

Both the Maryland senator and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele posted photos on social media showing Van Hollen meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

But Salvadoran President Bukele says Kilmar Ábrego García - who is at the centre of a US court battle - will stay in custody.

Van Hollen spoke in Washington upon his return from El Salvador to discuss his trip, including his meeting with Abrego Garcia.

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen shared more details about his trip to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador.

A Maryland man wrongly deported to a notoriously violent prison in El Salvador told a U.S. senator that he was traumatized by the experience.

Chris Van Hollen met Thursday with Kilmar Abrego Garcia ... Despite the senator eventually being allowed to meet with Abrego Garcia, he remains in El Salvador in custody as of early this morning.

Chris Van Hollen met Thursday evening with Kilmar Abrego Garcia ... in San Salvador after his failed attempt to meet with Abrego Garcia, the senator said his car was stopped by soldiers at ...