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struggle4progress

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Fri May 23, 2025, 01:52 PM May 23

Ivey heading to El Salvador to check on Abrego Garcia

Prince George’s County resident has been held in El Salvador prisons since March 15, despite court orders to bring him back
By: William J. Ford - May 23, 2025 3:28 am

Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-4th) will travel to El Salvador on Friday in hopes of checking in on one of his constituents, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the undocumented immigrant who has been held by authorities there since mid-March at the direction of the Trump administration.

Ivey’s spokesperson, Ramon Korionoff, said Thursday evening that the congressman is scheduled to meet with individuals from human rights and other nongovernmental organizations and that he hopes to meet with Salvadoran Vice President Felix Ulloa to discuss Abrego Garcia’s case. Ulloa and Ivey met more than two years ago, Korionoff said.

“It’s a fluid situation because it’s a weekend, so we’re trying to get all these appointments. A lot of them are happening on Monday,” Korionoff said. “We’re trying to use all avenues, both diplomatically and with volunteer organizations to secure the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia” ...

https://marylandmatters.org/2025/05/23/ivey-heading-to-el-salvador-to-check-on-keep-focus-on-abrego-garcia/

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Ivey heading to El Salvador to check on Abrego Garcia (Original Post) struggle4progress May 23 OP
If the people incarcerated have no rights, they aren't in prisons. gab13by13 May 23 #1

gab13by13

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1. If the people incarcerated have no rights, they aren't in prisons.
Fri May 23, 2025, 01:57 PM
May 23

Prisoners have rights. These people are being sent to concentration camps. Democrats should at least use the proper term.

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