It makes “no sense at all” for Democrats to be fighting for the return of El Salvador national Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States, as he was not denied due process before his extradition, Rep. Beth Van Duyne insisted on Newsmax Wednesday. 

“The whole purpose of having laws is that they are followed, you know, that they are enforced, and we are the rule makers, right?” the Texas Republican said on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.” “We’re the lawmakers, and then we complain when our agencies are trying to do that.”

Her comments come after Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said earlier this week that he will fly to El Salvador to secure the release of Garcia from the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (Terrorism Confinement Center), a maximum security prison in El Salvador. 

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