Chris Van Hollen: “Authoritarian regimes fear the open flow of information and data and try to put up walls and barriers against it, right?”

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

It is unacceptable that Amb. Huckabee and his staff continue to cover up and block access to essential information about these killings.

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.