Trump White House slams 'disgusting bedwetter' Democrats heading to El Salvador to free deported Abrego Garcia
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President Donald Trump's White House is ruthlessly bashing a Democratic lawmaker for planning a visit to a deported 'MS-13 gang member' in El Salvador.
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., announced Wednesday that he had landed in the Central American country to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadorian migrant accidentally deported by the Trump administration earlier this year.
Posting multiple videos on his X account, the Democrat shared he intends to visit Abrego Garcia, 29, and advocate for his swift release.
But, in response, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung wrote: 'Chris and his bedwetting friends have shown more concern and sympathy for an illegal MS-13 gang member than victims of horrific migrant crimes.
'He is a complete disgrace to his office and should be thoroughly shamed for his disgusting actions.'
Kaelan Dorr, one of Cheung's deputies, also bashed the visit in a post on X Wednesday, writing: 'Homie is simping for a literal gang member who is already "home".'
Trump 'Border Czar' Tom Homan also sent an uncompromising message to Van Hollen and Democrats keen on visiting Abrego Garcia.
'I’m just as disgusted that any congressional representative is going to run though El Salvador to his aid.' the border czar said Wednesday. 'It’s just disgusting.'
White House 'Border Czar' Tom Homan speaks to the media at the White House on Tuesday. He told reporters that Democrats should 'fix the problem' of illegal immigration before visiting deported migrants abroad
The Supreme Court ordered Trump to 'facilitate' the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant who lived in the U.S. legally with a work permit, to the U.S.
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung flashes a thumbs up while wearing a bowler hat
When asked by a reporter outside of the White House on Tuesday what his message is to Democrats planning trips to see Abrego Garcia, Homan suggested that the lawmakers reform immigration policies instead.
Abrego Garcia first entered the U.S. in 2011 but was granted permission to stay by a judge in 2019. He later settled down in Maryland and has an American wife and son.
However, the Trump administration deported Abrego Garcia on March 15 after files indicated that he had connections with MS-13, a vicious Salvadorian-American gang.
His wife and lawyer deny his gang affiliation and have sued the administration for improperly removing him from the U.S.
The outrage over the migrant's removal prompted Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat, to travel to El Salvador on Wednesday.
But Homan says the visit is futile and will not change the Trump administration's decision to leave Abrego Garcia in El Salvador.
'We're not going to change anything,' Homan warned Democrats. 'We remove terrorists in this country where they should be.'
'I can't believe that any Democrat politician does not want public safety threats out of the community,' Homan fumed. 'Their number responsibility is protection of the community.'
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks at Dulles International Airport as he is headed to El Salvador to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Wednesday
'But they would they rather go down to El Salvador than fix the problem and just talk about in Maryland, fix the problem of Boston, fix the problem of Washington state,' the border czar said of the migrant sanctuaries.
Homan also took issue with the media referring to Abrego Garcia as a 'Maryland man,' something the border czar himself admitted before backtracking swiftly.
'The Maryland father, the Maryland illegal alien, not a father. The Maryland illegal alien ... was arrested for murder and released to the public,' Homan stated.
It makes 'zero sense' why Democrats want him to be released, the border czar continued.
Van Hollen, meanwhile, pushed back on the administration in a video Wednesday morning noting how he is visiting El Salvador to support his constituent and chart a path forward for his return to the U.S..
'The goal of this mission is to let the Trump administration, to let the government of El Salvador know that we are going to keep fighting to bring Abrego Garcia home until he returns to his family,' the senator said.
'I hope to meet with representatives of the government, I hope to have the chance to actually see Kilmar and see what his condition is, but we are going to keep fighting because this is a miscarriage of justice.'
Despite his hopes to see the migrant, El Salvador's government has already declared that they will not be letting Abrego Garcia go.
President Donald Trump meets with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, April 14, 2025. During the meeting Bukele affirmed that his administration will not seek to return Abrego Garcia to the U.S.
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., is reportedly planning a trip to El Salvador
On Monday El Salvador President Nayib Bukele visited Donald Trump at the White House to discuss immigration and the U.S. sending migrants to the country's Terrorism Confinement Center, known as CECOT, where thousands of suspected gang members are held.
The Trump administration has been paying the country millions to send deported migrants to the maximum-security prison.
Bukele confirmed during the meeting that his administration has no intention of letting the 'Maryland man' go.
Complicating the matter for the White House is an order from the Supreme Court demanding that Trump 'facilitate' the return of Abrego Garcia. The Trump administration claims it has no jurisdiction to return the Salvadorian man.
In addition to Van Hollen, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., are also planning trips to the Central American country, Axios reported.
'We need to spring into action,' Garcia told the outlet. 'You can't just put up statements. That doesn't mean anything.'
'I think that it's important to say what we're thinking and what our next steps are, but we've got to show action,' the California lawmaker said.
