House Republican committee chairs are denying Democrats’ requests to travel to El Salvador and visit its CECOT prison facility as scrutiny builds on the Trump administration’s handling of Kilmar

Several Republican House members visited the notorious Central American maximum security prison this week, posting thumbs-up selfies on social media.

Another House Republican committee chair said Friday he will not grant Democrats' request to lead a congressional delegation to El Salvador to check on the status of deportees being held there. Why it matters: Republicans sent their own official delegation to the country this week to visit the notorious maximum security prison housing deportees and express their support for President Trump's deportation policies.

With the president defying the Supreme Court’s orders and questions swirling about what’s next for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, at least one senator says he is headed to El Salvador.

Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Thursday he met Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man wrongly deported to El Salvador by the administration of Republican President Donald Trump.