The Trump administration sharply rebuked Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) this week for prioritizing a deported MS-13 gang member over the safety of American citizens like Rachel Morin, a Maryland woman murdered by an illegal Salvadoran national in 2023. Van Hollen has traveled to El Salvador in an attempt to return 29-year-old Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States, despite his gang affiliations.
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) has pledged to travel to El Salvador in an attempt to secure the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an alleged MS-13 gang member who was deported under the Trump administration and is currently imprisoned in the Central American country. Van Hollen claims the man, a resident of Maryland and father of three, was “illegally abducted” from the United States.
Two federal judges have blocked the removal of gang members despite the Supreme Court's decision to vacate orders prohibiting the Trump administration from deporting migrants under the Alien Enemies Act.
The White House defended the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a convicted MS-13 gang member, after The Atlantic published a sympathetic profile labeling him a "Maryland dad" and attributing his removal to a mere “administrative error.” The Trump administration, however, maintains that Garcia was a verified gang member and posed a danger to public safety.
Authorities in Livingston and Tangipahoa parishes have arrested multiple individuals linked to the Motion Gang, a local group involved in drug trafficking and violent crimes.
A legal firm with deep financial ties to George and Alexander Soros’s network of left-wing organizations is behind a lawsuit attempting to block President Donald Trump from deporting illegal alien gang members under the Alien Enemies Act.
Four individuals have been arrested in connection with a possible gang-related shooting in Orange County, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.