In a move that’s drawing fierce backlash and legal scrutiny, Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland may have just landed himself in hot water — and possibly on the wrong side of a centuries-old federal law — after traveling to El Salvador to meet with a deported suspected gang member.
At the heart of the controversy is Van Hollen’s unannounced trip to Central America, where he allegedly met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia — a man believed to have ties to the notorious MS-13 gang and who was previously deported from the United States. The move is now raising alarms that the senator may have violated the Logan Act, a rarely used but still active federal law meant to protect U.S. foreign policy from unauthorized interference by American citizens.
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The Logan Act, passed in 1799, explicitly forbids any U.S. citizen from engaging in diplomacy or communication with foreign governments “with intent to influence the[ir] measures … in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States.”
While it’s been rarely enforced, conservative legal experts and commentators are pointing to this case as a textbook violation — and they’re not alone.
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