Senator Who Called For Abrego Garcia's Return Uses White House's Words Against Trump

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) hit back at President Donald Trump ’s administration Friday after the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Maryland father mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador — to U.S. soil.

Van Hollen, who met with Abrego Garcia in April as the Trump administration refused to abide by a Supreme Court order to facilitate his return to the States, responded to a White House statement that asked him and others “who defended this illegal criminal abuser to immediately apologize” to the man’s “victims.”

“You know, I will never apologize for defending the Constitution,” he told CNN ’s Anderson Cooper , who read part of the White House statement to Van Hollen.

“In fact, it’s the Trump administration and all his cronies who should apologize to the country