Can you describe the steps that you have taken to facilitate this release and specifically can you answer as to whether you have reached out to your counterpart in El Salvador to facilitate Mr. Abrego Garcia's release? Abrego Garcia is a citizen of El Salvador and should never have been in this country and will not be coming back to this country. There is no scenario where Abrego Garcia will be in the United States again. If he were to come back, we would immediately deport him again because he is a terrorist, he's a human smuggler and he is a wife beater. (39:54–40:03)
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Asserts that Abrego Garcia is a citizen of El Salvador and will not return to the U.S.
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