Democrats will vote on a resolution demanding answers from President Donald Trump's administration on conditions in El Salvador prisons, the Washington Examiner reported. This comes after Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported in March and sent to an El Salvador prison as an illegal immigrant and suspected MS-13 gang member.
The resolution, which will be voted on later this month, will center on El Salvador's treatment of inmates, including at the CECOT mega prison. Although Abrego Garcia isn't referenced by name, the report will include U.S. residents "detained or imprisoned in El Salvador."
Initial reports characterized Abrego Garcia's deportation as a mistake, and Democrats pounced. "We’re going to put all of our colleagues on the record," Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), who is the resolution's lead sponsor, said to the press.
"If Americans are being sent in violation of the rule of law to El Salvador, we should all want to get a human rights report to see whether this nation is following the rule of law, or not," Kaine added. However, this may end up backfiring for the Democrats.
The Democrats have taken up Abrego Garcia's cause, claiming that he was the victim of the Trump administration's tyranny. However, the crackdown on illegal immigration has centered on illegal immigrants suspected of a crime, such as Abrego Garcia.
Four Democrats from the House of Representatives have made separate pilgrimages to rally for Abrego Garcia's case. They have met with him and urged for him to get his due process.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), who also sponsored the resolution, made the trek as Abrego Garcia was a resident of Maryland before being deported. Meanwhile, the White House sees this twisted crusade as the Democrats' undoing.
Abrego Garcia's wife accused him of domestic violence and even referred to him as a "gang member" in her 2018 complaint. Conservative Commentator Benny Johnson shared a copy of the written statement. "This is the guy Democrats are protecting and fighting for," Johnson captioned the post to X, formerly Twitter.
Wow. Would you look at that..
In 2018, Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife’s ex husband warned in court that his kids were in danger—because she in a relationship with a “gang member.”
This is the guy Democrats are protecting and fighting for. pic.twitter.com/zSDQFRC8dn
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 30, 2025
As it turns out, Abrego Garcia is not the sympathetic figure Democrats attempted to paint him as. "The hole that Democrats and the Fake News media dug themselves into by demanding the return of a wife-beating MS-13 terrorist illegal alien just keeps getting deeper," Kush Desai, White House spokesman, said.
Reports emerged this week that Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) told House Democrats to quit making trips to El Salvador to save face. "They want to let the El Salvador stuff slow down," a House staffer reportedly told Fox News.
Jeffries vehemently denies this, but there's no doubt that Democrats are uneasy about the optics. "There’s a moral argument to be made, but it’s not clear this is the right poster case, and it’s definitely not the right political moment," a Democrat aide told the press.
Whether or not Abrego Garcia was removed properly is something the administration should answer for. Even suspected criminals and illegal immigrants must be treated fairly under the law.
However, Democrats have gone all in on Abrego Garcia's cause before the extent of his suspected criminal and gang-related past was fully revealed. Their continued support and pandering could backfire severely for them, and we're here for it.
