Chris Van Hollen: “I do intend to move forward with the legislation, but hopefully that will be more of an insurance policy, and also make…”

Last night’s ruling from a federal judge made plain: the Administration’s efforts are in clear violation of Congressional intent.

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

We must hold them to this standard and hold a hearing to determine what the Department knows, as well as request the original report written by embassy staff on the status about these killings.

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.