# Chris Van Hollen Democratic United States Senator from Maryland since 2017; before that he represented Maryland in the House of Representatives from 2003 to 2017. He became the leading congressional advocate for his constituent [[Kilmar Abrego Garcia]]. On April 17, 2025, after the administration said it could not secure Abrego Garcia's release, Van Hollen flew to El Salvador and met him in San Salvador. On June 2, 2026, questioning Homeland Security Secretary [[Markwayne Mullin]] at a Senate Homeland Security subcommittee hearing, he drew the statement that the government would be "happy to send him" to Costa Rica, the country Abrego Garcia had asked to go to. See [[Kilmar Abrego Garcia Timeline]]. ## See Also - [[Kilmar Abrego Garcia Timeline]] · [[Kilmar Abrego Garcia]] · [[Nayib Bukele]]