Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) may have just crossed a legal and ethical line that’s been untouched for centuries.
In a bold and potentially unlawful move, Van Hollen recently jetted off to El Salvador to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia—a man deported for alleged ties to one of the world’s deadliest criminal organizations, MS-13. His actions have ignited a storm of backlash and raised serious questions about whether the senator violated the Logan Act, a rarely enforced but still active federal law that prohibits unauthorized negotiations with foreign governments.
The Logan Act, dating back to 1799, was designed to prevent private citizens from meddling in American foreign policy. And while no one has ever been convicted under it, the law remains on the books—with violations punishable by fines or up to three years in prison. Legal observers now believe Van Hollen’s unapproved diplomacy may have crossed that very line.
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“Mr. Abrego-Garcia is essentially an enemy combatant in the ongoing invasion of the United States by transnational gangs,” American Accountability Foundation President Thomas Jones wrote in a letter to the Senate Ethics Committee and Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
Van Hollen’s trip was unannounced and unauthorized, raising red flags over whether Senate funds were misused. Jones blasted the senator’s mission as a betrayal of U.S. foreign policy, accusing him of using taxpayer dollars to advocate for a man with alleged ties to a violent gang that’s been classified as a foreign terrorist organization.
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