Top Trump official torches Dem senator's 'advocacy for a known terrorist' during fiery hearing: 'Alarming'

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Democratic senators, including Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Chris Murphy, sparred implicit Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation to El Salvador.

"We person a constricted magnitude of time. I conscionable asked you, Madam Secretary, whether oregon not you oregon the Department of Homeland Security are taking immoderate enactment to facilitate the 9-0 Supreme Court determination to facilitate his return. This is simply a precise elemental question. Are you taking immoderate enactment to facilitate his return, oregon are you not?" Van Hollen asked astatine the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing. 

"This medication is pursuing and complying with each national tribunal orders," Noem replied. 

"So you are truthful due to the fact that the tribunal ordered that you facilitate his return. So you are facilitating his return?"

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Secretary Kristi Noem tours the Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT) successful Tecoluca, El Salvador. (Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images)

"Sir. Senator, convey you for the question. But what I would archer you is that we are pursuing tribunal orders. I'm definite that your advocacy for a known violent is alarming," she fired back.

"Abrego Garcia is simply a national of El Salvador and should ne'er person been successful this state and will not beryllium coming backmost to this country," Noem told Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., successful a heated speech astatine the Senate Appropriations Committee proceeding connected Thursday morning.

"There is no scenario wherever an Abrego Garcia volition beryllium successful the United States again. If helium were to travel back, we would instantly deport him again due to the fact that helium is simply a terrorist. He's a quality smuggler, and helium is simply a wife-beater," she continued.

Murphy had asked the caput if she had "reached retired to your counterpart successful El Salvador to facilitate Mr. Abrego Garcia's release."

"Does the Supreme Court decision not necessitate you to facilitate the instrumentality of Mr. Abrego Garcia?" Murphy aboriginal asked.

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Sen. Chris Van Hollen meets with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia astatine an undisclosed determination connected April 17, 2025, successful San Salvador, El Salvador. (Sen. Van Hollen's Office via Getty Images)

"The Trump medication is complying with each tribunal orders and judges' orders," she replied.

Abrego Garcia, 29, is simply a Salvadoran illegal immigrant and suspected MS-13 pack subordinate who was surviving successful Maryland until helium was deported to the high-security Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT) successful his location state during the archetypal 100 days of the Trump administration.  

Though galore Democrats, including Maryland's Van Hollen, assertion that Abrego Garcia is an guiltless antheral who was "wrongly deported," the medication has pointed to sizeable grounds that helium is simply a subordinate of the infamous MS-13 gang.

In caller weeks, 2 protective orders suggested that helium was abusive to his wife, who is present advocating for his release. In addition, the Tennessee Highway Patrol released assemblage camera footage of its 2022 brushwood with him, wherever authorities troopers suspected helium was progressive successful quality trafficking.

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Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia during postulation stop. (Tennessee Highway Patrol)

Several Democrats person argued that helium was not fixed due owed process and that the grounds that helium is simply a subordinate of MS-13, which has been designated a overseas violent enactment by the Trump administration, is not capable to warrant his removal. 

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Noem faced mixed reactions of praise and aggravated disapproval astatine the proceeding connected Thursday, arsenic Republicans applauded the department's efforts connected amerciable immigration, whereas Democrats raised concerns astir spending and ineligible processes.

Fox News’ Peter Pinedo, Emma Colton and Adam Sabes contributed to this report.