Schatz Votes To Demand Answers On Trump Administration’s Illegal Deportations To Salvadoran Prisons
Senate Republicans Voted To Block The Resolution
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) released the following statement after voting for a resolution led by U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) to demand answers on the Trump administration’s compliance with court orders regarding illegal deportations of American citizens and residents as well as more information about El Salvador’s human rights record. The resolution was blocked by Senate Republicans.
“President Trump’s disappearing of American residents to Salvadoran prisons without due process is immoral and unlawful – and it has to stop.”
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