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Chris Van Hollen

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Person · 23 stories · 125 articles · earliest story we hold Nov 21, 2024

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Kilmar Abrego García's wrongful deportation and prosecution

49 of 53 stories this year · 4 about Chris Van Hollen · gone quiet

An ‘administrative error’ sent a Maryland man to an El Salvador prison, ICE says · 39 articles, Apr 1Trump administration argues judge cannot order return of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador · 29 articles, Apr 4Supreme Court says Trump administration must facilitate return of wrongly deported Maryland man · 71 articles, Apr 4Supreme Court pauses order to return mistakenly deported Maryland man · 95 articles, Apr 4DOJ attorney placed on leave after expressing frustration in court with government over mistakenly deported man · 6 articles, Apr 6DOJ suspends government lawyer in Maryland man's mistaken deportation case · 12 articles, Apr 6US still won’t say whether it will return mistakenly deported man, despite Supreme Court decision · 52 articles, Apr 7President of El Salvador says he won't return mistakenly deported man to US · 39 articles, Apr 11Mistakenly deported man is alive and detained in El Salvador, Trump admin says · 16 articles, Apr 11Who is Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man ICE mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison? · 46 articles, Apr 11El Salvador President Bukele says he won't be releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the US · 6 articles, Apr 14US Senator flies to El Salvador to help wrongly deported man · 12 articles, Apr 15Trump officials' defiance over Maryland man Abrego Garcia deportation 'shocking': appeals court · 38 articles, Apr 15Maryland senator says Kilmar Abrego Garcia was traumatized in El Salvador after mistaken deportation · 75 articles, Apr 16Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen goes to El Salvador to push for Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release · 18 articles, Apr 16More Democratic lawmakers are visiting El Salvador on Abrego Garcia’s behalf · 21 articles, Apr 16Sen. Van Hollen says trip to El Salvador was about defending the right of due process, not ‘defending the man' · 9 articles, Apr 20Federal judge temporarily halts order for details on efforts to return Abrego Garcia to US · 20 articles, Apr 23Judge orders return of deported man · 15 articles, Apr 24Trump says he ‘could’ bring Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador, but won’t · 29 articles, Apr 30Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Wife Filed 2nd Protective Order in 2020, Says He Made Murder Threats · 6 articles, Apr 30On the attack: Trump's media response in Abrego Garcia story is notably vigorous · 7 articles, May 6Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case · 7 articles, May 8US claim of state secrets privilege in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case is ‘inadequate,’ judge says · 25 articles, May 16Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported, returns to the U.S. to be charged · 78 articles, Jun 6Maryland man returns to U.S. to face charges after mistaken deportation to El Salvador · 6 articles, Jun 6Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges in federal court · 25 articles, Jun 13Kilmar Abrego Garcia Case: Prosecutors Say Trump Administration Want Him Deported To ‘Third Country’ · 63 articles, Jun 22Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia ask judge to keep him in jail over deportation concerns · 5 articles, Jun 27Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he was beaten and subjected to psychological torture in El Salvador jail · 45 articles, Jul 3Kilmar Abrego Garcia could face deportation to Mexico or South Sudan: ICE official · 19 articles, Jul 7Judge will consider releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia from jail, possibly leading to his deportation · 15 articles, Jul 16Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from criminal custody, second judge bars ICE from immediately detaining him · 34 articles, Jul 21Court filing: US seeks to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after he refused a plea offer · 48 articles, Aug 20Abrego Garcia's lawyers want smuggling charges dismissed on grounds of vindictive prosecution · 9 articles, Aug 20Kilmar Abrego Garcia is freed from Tennessee jail so he can rejoin family in Maryland to await trial · 73 articles, Aug 22Kilmar Abrego Garcia requests asylum in the US, hoping to prevent his deportation to Uganda · 158 articles, Aug 24Abrego Garcia's lawyers worry he can't get a fair trial and request gag order for top US officials · 5 articles, Aug 29Noem accuses CBS of ‘deceptively’ editing interview about Abrego Garcia · 5 articles, Sep 1Trump administration tells Abrego Garcia he now faces deportation to African country of Eswatini · 22 articles, Sep 6Kilmar Abrego Garcia transferred to Pennsylvania detention facility · 17 articles, Sep 27Immigration judge denies Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s bid for asylum, but he has 30 days to appeal · 27 articles, Oct 2Abrego Garcia wins request for hearing on whether smuggling charges are illegally 'vindictive' · 18 articles, Oct 3Federal judges in 2 states are considering challenges to the government's treatment of Abrego Garcia · 11 articles, Oct 10Judge seeks assurances that Abrego Garcia won't be deported to Liberia in violation of court order · 19 articles, Oct 24Kilmar Abrego Garcia Released From Detention After Judge's Order · 99 articles, Dec 11Judge allows Kilmar Abrego Garcia to remain free while she considers issues · 23 articles, Dec 22Federal judge to hold hearing on whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being vindictively prosecuted · 6 articles, Dec 27DOJ pushed to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia only after mistaken deportation, judge’s order says · 16 articles, Dec 30

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Everything else3 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Chris Van Hollen that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Apr 19Republican changes Van Hollen's office plaque after Dem's visit to El Salvador1 articles · 1 independent sources
    0 left, 0 center, 2 right

Stories that name Chris Van Hollen

  1. Apr 14A key ally in Trump's migrant crackdown is coming for a visit. What might El Salvador's Bukele get?35 articles · 19 independent sources
    4 left, 10 center, 1 right

Local coverage

  1. Apr 20Anti-Trump resistance sees another leader in Van Hollen as Democrats' leadership carousel turns6 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 1 right
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