The spouse of an immigrant man wrongly deported to El Salvador mentioned lastly seeing proof that he’s alive has been “overwhelming.”
Jennifer Vasquez Sura is the spouse of Maryland immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported by immigration officers in March and despatched to an El Salvador jail, the place he presently stays.
On Thursday, Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D) was finally able to fulfill with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador and posted a photograph of the 2 of them. On Friday, Vasquez Sura told “Good Morning America” in regards to the ongoing disaster.
“We noticed him alive. It was very overwhelming,” Vasquez Sura mentioned of seeing the picture Thursday night time.
“An important factor for me, my kids, his mother, his brother, his sibling, was to see him alive, and we noticed him alive,” she added.
Vasquez Sura has been a vocal advocate for Abrego Garcia’s launch, at the same time as President Donald Trump’s administration has defied a Supreme Court order demanding Abrego Garcia be despatched again to the U.S. The Trump administration beforehand admitted that the person was incorrectly despatched to the nation as a consequence of an “administrative error.”
“I gained’t cease combating till he returns residence, till I do know that he’s secure,” Vasquez Sura mentioned, including that this expertise has been an “emotional curler coaster.”
Van Hollen, in the meantime, is about to return again to the U.S. on Friday with extra updates after his assembly with Abrego Garcia. Following Van Hollen’s assembly with Abrego Garcia, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele mocked the immigrant and downplayed his scenario.
“Kilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously risen from the ‘demise camps’ & ‘torture,’ now sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen within the tropical paradise of El Salvador,” Bukele posted on X Thursday night time.
The Salvadoran president added that Abrego Garcia will stay in El Salvador.
“Now that he’s been confirmed wholesome, he will get the dignity of staying in El Salvador’s custody,” Bukele posted.