Harrison Fields, the deputy press secretary for President Donald Trump, told Newsmax Wednesday it’s “abhorrent” for Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., to go to El Salvador to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

“We have a senator, a United States senator, traveling to El Salvador to try and bring an illegal immigrant who is affiliated with a gang — not just an ordinary gang, a horrific gang that kills for sport — back to Maryland,” Fields said on “Newsline.” It is incomprehensible that any United States senator would do this. But this goes to show you today’s Democratic Party.”

Fields pointed out Trump was elected by over 77 million Americans to secure the border and deport a large amount of illegal immigrants.

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