Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., claimed in a post on X that he altered the name plaque outside the office of Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. The Republican lawmaker’s post included a photo in which the plaque outside Van Hollen’s office says that he represents El Salvador.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador; the senator later denied drinking from the glasses seen on the table, calling the photo a staged attempt to mislead the public during what has become known as “margarita-gate.” (@nayibbukele via X)
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“Hey [Sen. Van Hollen], I went ahead and changed your office plaque for you,” Collins wrote.
Collins has repeatedly criticized Van Hollen for traveling to El Salvador to meet with accused MS-13 member and illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego-Garcia. In another post on X, Collins slammed Van Hollen as “traitorous.”
Additionally, when Van Hollen first announced his trip to El Salvador, Collins responded by saying, “If you’re going to advocate harder for illegal gang members than you do American citizens, don’t come back.”
Abrego-Garcia’s deportation sparked an uproar among Democrats, many of whom say that the El Salvadorian national was a hard-working Maryland resident whose right to due process was violated.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was pulled over by Tennessee Highway Patrol in 2022, according to a DHS report obtained by Fox News. (Department of Homeland Security)
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However, Abrego-Garcia, who entered the U.S. illegally in 2011, remained in the country unlawfully despite being issued a deportation order back in 2019.
Prince George’s County Police Gang Unit identified Abrego-Garcia as a member of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang in 2019, according to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The HSI report also noted that Abrego-Garcia was suspected of human…
