Chris Van Hollen: “Defensive weapons are things like air defense, Iron Dome. We're not taking the position that we should not be sending…”

The job of a U.S. ambassador, and their staff, whether a political or civilian employee, is to defend and protect U.S. interests.

We ask that you pause any use of the SMART tool until we can better understand your decision-making, rollout process, and evaluation plan.

While today’s hearing did not proceed, the Trump Administration continues to desperately try and ship Kilmar Ábrego Garcia to a faraway country and deny him of his constitutional due process rights.

We must not forget that a federal judge has already made clear what we have long known: the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice is engaged in a vindictive prosecution against Kilmar.