Two members of House Democratic leadership are trying to send an official congressional delegation to the El Salvadorian prison where the Trump administration is sending deportees, Axios has learned.
While lawmakers could travel to the Central American country informally, a Republican committee chair's approval is needed to send an official congressional delegation, or CODEL.
A CODEL would provide the members with crucial oversight powers and security resources.
Reps. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) and Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) asked House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-Ky.), in a letter first obtained by Axios, to authorize a CODEL to El Salvador.
The letter comes after Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) requested a meeting with El Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele to discuss the return of Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident.
In their letter, Reps. Garcia and Frost said the Senate "has already authorized CODEL travel to CECOT" and that "the House should be represented."
Posted by John3262005
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Worried they won’t come back 😬
What will happen they just stand outside the gulag for a few hours then come back home?
I feel a tremendous amount of guilt over my curiosity for what would happen if they just got detained at CECOT and the admin was just like, “Oh man, that’s too bad,” it’s not like the capitol police could mount a rescue op.
Why not? Matt “Sex Offender” Gaetz did a publicity visit late last year.