Chris Van Hollen: “The department must not become a purveyor of such lies and must comply with its legal obligations.”

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.

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

This should chill every American to the bone. When the rights of one are threatened, the rights of all are at risk.