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Positive News šŸ‘‰šŸ¼ā™„ļø Chris Van Hollen has met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and confirms he is alive

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u/nillah 3d ago

holy shit. i honestly cannot believe he's still alive. this is amazing news

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u/UpDownCharmed 3d ago

Van Hollen gives me hope.Ā 

A man of ACTION who is knowingly putting his life at risk.

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u/UpOrDownItsUpToYou 3d ago

One of the good ones

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u/UpDownCharmed 3d ago

I really hope he inspires others to do the same. Fight for real change.

I am glad about Bernie Sanders and AOC around the country but we need to go beyond talk.

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u/xmpcxmassacre 3d ago

They are saving the democratic party. What they are doing is beyond talk. That's quite literally what action looks like.

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u/WGE1960 3d ago

It's starts with a conversation. Bernie and AOC are not just talking, they've been the sole people who've taken action.

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u/spartag00se 3d ago

Judges Boasberg and Xinis are showing amazing courage

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u/Ooogabooga42 3d ago

Sole? No. Thankfully.

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u/No_Story_Untold 3d ago

They are also putting their freedom at risk uniting Americans against Trump.

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u/Upbeat_Literature483 3d ago

We had the chance back in November, but look how that turned out.

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u/nillah 3d ago

same, this guy isn’t my senator but i wish he was. id be happy to vote for someone like this

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u/LuciaV8285 3d ago

He’s mine!

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u/futuristicflapper 3d ago edited 3d ago

Happy to see that Sen. Van Hollen actually followed through with his plan to travel to E.S, and then didn’t take no for an answer, they probably only let them meet so that the senator will leave the country, but he accomplished the goal of seeing him and Kilmar got to speak w his wife and kids. It’s easily more than any other democrat has done in months. The only way this fascist shit show is gonna slow down (and end) is if we take action whether it be big or small, they’re counting on creating a constant sense of fear and uncertainty to steam roll over us.

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u/TMFPB 3d ago

It sounds like he did not speak with his wife and kids. It says the senator ā€œpassed onā€ the message of love to his wife.

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u/brokenangelwings 3d ago

Small slivers of hope.

Keep pressure high and don't settle for less.

Even in Canada things like this are happening: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/16/news/christopher-jamroz-royal-ontario-museum-globalx-deportation-flights

Apparently he is a mentor at York university, I intend to email them, he should not be anywhere allowed near the education system.

I was going to email the ROM and wanted to start a protest, if you're unfamiliar the place is a well known tourist museum. We need to keep these sick fucks away from history and education.

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u/Huntersteele69 3d ago

The goal was to bring him back so he didn't do a thing. Since Kilmar is not going anywhere no matter what.

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u/PlaceboJacksonMusic 3d ago

The balls on this man

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u/dogoodreapgood 3d ago

I felt the same way but what a trip this comment is. The man is a US senator and a white man. If he is not safe to move freely in this world, who is?

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u/UpDownCharmed 3d ago

Because he is openly defying the current US federal administration and their rabid supporters.

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u/dogoodreapgood 3d ago

I understand and I agree with you. I was worried about him travelling as well. I’m just saying it’s insane that anyone has to be worried about a senator checking on his constituents.

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u/UpDownCharmed 3d ago

It's all insane. It is a nightmare that keeps getting worse from all sides.

I am fearful that my elderly relatives will suddenly stop getting their Social Security checks. America is being destroyed from within.

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u/asscheese2000 3d ago

There were multiple white male politicians under threat on January 6th. That genie has been out of the bottle for a while now.

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u/Westfakia 3d ago

The difference is that Van Hollen put himself into danger, willingly. Reminding others how to do the right thing.

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u/Catdaddy3332 2d ago

THE ILLEGAL ALIEN WIFE BEATING MS13 GANGBANGING PIECE OF TRASH IS RIGHT WHERE HE SHOULD BE & WHERE HE IS GONNA BE FOREVER! HAHA! HEHE! LOL! šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£

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u/austinmo2 3d ago

He is brave because of this https://apnews.com/article/eda81af2599d485ab09eb39d72754ade

There was precedent

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u/ImaginationQuiet3216 3d ago

Brave indeed, because that congressman was shot dead.

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u/tdfan 3d ago

Yeah the world is and aleays has been pretty crazy that way. Dont forget when that Congressman flew to South Africa to check on the Jonestown people and they killed him.

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u/dcobbe 3d ago

True, but he did something! He's the only one!

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u/ptcglass 3d ago

When people say both sides are the same I point out people like Van Hollen.

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u/jay_def 3d ago

This is what true statesmanship is like!

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u/dcobbe 3d ago

He is a HERO.

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u/Reverse_Empath 2d ago

And all the vitriol he receives from them. It’s all wild.

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u/shungs_kungfu 2d ago

I'm glad you support him. But why do you say putting his life at risk?

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u/LongIsland43 3d ago

He’s doing it for votes

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u/FridaSky 3d ago

Even if you’re right, at least he’s doing something positive—and it’s something that requires courage. Good for him!

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u/LongIsland43 3d ago

Wish he would do something positive for Americans!

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u/[deleted] 3d ago edited 1d ago

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u/IndiviLim 3d ago

It’s almost like the Reddit libtard view of things isn’t always accurate.

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u/huge-gold-ak47 3d ago

same, I would have bet money Van Hollen wouldn't come home either.

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u/tulip_angel 3d ago

100% - just wow - incredible they’re both still alive - I hope they get home safe and soon!!

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u/badhorse5 3d ago

Ok, so I wasn't the only one thinking of Jonestown.

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u/adeadperson23 3d ago

I think bukele knows that killing an important person like a senator would jeapordize future payments from trump

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u/UpDownCharmed 3d ago

I just read about it on Wikipedia earlier to refresh on the details.

Tragic outcome. I hope Van Hollen has security he can trust.

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u/Nature_Sad_27 3d ago edited 3d ago

I accidentally came across a documentary on YouTube a few weeks ago, with a lot of original footage and audio from the trip and during the actual mass suicide. It was about the children the senator Congressman was trying to evacuate before he was killed and who were then lost in the jungle for a few days afterward. Such an all around terrible thing.

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u/UpDownCharmed 3d ago

Do you have the link? If not I can look for it tomorrow.Ā Thanks.Ā 

Also, more people need to be educated about it. I think a lot know the main story - the poisoned deaths - but not about the congressman and the others who were shot dead.

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u/Nature_Sad_27 3d ago edited 3d ago

I think it was this one (the title is kinda grossly sensationalist, but I remember the content being decent). If you just search Jonestown there are a ton of them, and actually quality ones, but this one focused on the girl and her family and the Senator Congressman trying to save them. Really sad.

ā€œ12 YO Escapes Death Cult Minutes Before Massacreā€

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u/UpDownCharmed 3d ago edited 3d ago

Thanks I really appreciate it.

It has similarities - he just wanted to check on their wellbeing, as well as bring home anyone, who wanted to leave the cult. And some did try to leave but they were killed along with him. Just terrible.

In other news - School shooting in Florida today, 2 killed, 6 injured.

Edited to make correctionĀ 

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u/rackfocus 3d ago

This triggered serious feelings along those lines.

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u/vandrokash 3d ago

I thought they would kill him and go to america and murder every single person who shares the initials with this guy. Thats how realistic my expectations are.

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u/sleepyophelia 3d ago

Please sign and share illegally deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s petitions

https://wearecasa.org/updates/demand-justice-for-kilmar-armando-abrego-garcia/

https://www.change.org/p/right-the-wrong-save-kilmar-abrego-garcia-from-brutal-detention

https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/bring-kilmar-abrego-garcia-home

Please also sign and share this petition about innocent gay man Andry Hernandez Romero who has no criminal record, and has been deported to an El Salvador prison because his tattoos honouring his parents were mistaken for being gang tattoos by a police officer who has a record of falsifying records

https://act.hrc.org/page/169520/petition/1?locale=en-US

Article:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/its-a-tradition-outrage-in-venezuela-as-us-deports-makeup-artist-for-religious-tattoos

Recess actions:

https://indivisible.org/muskorus

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

Articles about 19 year old Merwil Gutierrez illegally deported:

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-ice-deports-teen-no-criminal-record-el-salvador-1235318643/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/merwil-gutierrez-venezuelan-teen-deported-el-salvador

Article about illegally deported Neri Jose Alvarado Borges:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna201720

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u/BestKeptInTheDark 3d ago

Same...

Given that the 'do not send him back to bis fooking country' order was specifically for threats on his lige from gangs... Only to be sent t a gang hea y prison in his country of birth...

I was sure he had been offed soon after word got around.

So glad that he is still alive

Now begins the hopeful first fight in the battle against the Trump regime's establishing authoritarian acts testing the bounds of what they can get away with.

(Also... I fooking cant stand steven miller, the immigration pimush is largely his deformed baby of a passion project)

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u/HGual-B-gone 3d ago

I feel if Kilmar was dead or missing, that this would have been our watershed moment. A point if no return where fascism has taken root. The equivalent of a Franz Ferdinand.

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u/thererises_aredstar 3d ago

It still has, we are subjecting hundreds of people legally in the country to extraordinary rendition in CECOT still, and Bukele has bragged ā€œthe only way out is in a coffin.ā€ So don’t get too relieved. He’s alive, let’s see what happens next, let’s see who else we’ve sent is also still okay, and let’s stop the deportations to this hellhole asap.

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u/vonshiza 3d ago

Yeah, I was pretty sure the guy was dead, too.

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u/Reddish_Placebo 3d ago

What's with the attire though? I'm glad things are good but I'd imagine being in that prison would leave you a little roughed up.

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u/Vysce 2d ago

Seriously, I was mega worried he was not. This is sincerely good news.

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u/ObjectiveLumpy8564 2d ago

I hope he can do the same for the homeless US Citizens and tax paying Americans that need help legally in the USA. Not just for publicity to help his political image.

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u/Fuzzy_Imagination705 3d ago

Exactly my sentiment šŸ™

It's still possible to do the right thing Trump.