The senator hoped to visit Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia at the maximum security prison where he is being held. He also hoped to talk to Salvadoran officials about securing Abrego Garcia’s release.

After deporting 238 alleged Venezuelan gang members and 23 members of a Salvadoran gang to a maximum-security El Salvador prison last month, US President Donald Trump is now contemplating deporting criminals who are United States citizens there as well, he told reporters on Monday.