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Senator Chris Van Hollen just flew to El Salvador to check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia—a Maryland man deported illegally by the Trump administration, in direct defiance of a federal court order. He was denied access. Let that sink in: A sitting U.S. Senator wasn’t allowed to see a man our government disappeared into a foreign prison. No visit. No confirmation of health. No proof of life. The U.S. is paying $6 million a year to detain people—including Kilmar—at CECOT, a prison infamous for torture, starvation, and death. That’s nearly $55/day per detainee—even if they’re dead? Sounds like a scam—with America footing the bill. Meanwhile: • A federal judge found probable cause for criminal contempt against the Trump administration. • DHS Secretary Pam Bondi says Kilmar will “never come back.” • The administration keeps paying El Salvador to hold him—while claiming it can’t see him or make them release him. This isn’t a mistake. It’s premeditated murder. If Kilmar is dead, his blood is on your hands. You funded it. You enabled it. You’re complicit. So who’s next? Political opponents? Non-Christian nationalists? Sterile women? Journalists? 90 days ago, no American believed we’d be paying for offshore concentration camps. And yet here we are—detaining people with no trial, no access, no proof they’re even alive. If this is the new America, then every official who sent him there should be sent there too. Bring Kilmar home. Or admit this country is no longer a democracy.