This guy, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), is really something. He’ll do seemingly anything to defame the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as they try to rid the nation of all the criminal illegal aliens that Democrats let in under the Biden administration.
Remember the “Maryland Man” controversy, when Van Hollen tried to make an alleged gangbanging illegal alien, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, into a hero for our times? He even flew to El Salvador in April of 2025 to visit Garcia in El Salvador, where he’d been mistakenly deported, to have margaritas. (The senator says he did not drink them, but they were very clearly on the table when the men met.)
Abrego Garcia is currently not incarcerated but faces federal human smuggling charges in Tennessee. What a sweetheart.
Van Hollen has found a new hero to glom on to, however: Ever Alvarenga, a harmless asylum seeker who was ruthlessly treated by ICE and now lies in a hospital with grievous injuries. Van Hollen posted to social media about the tragedy:
Ever Alvarenga, an asylum seeker, was driving to work Thursday morning when he was rear-ended by an ICE vehicle. He is still in the hospital after suffering significant injuries to his head, chest, back, & hands.
After the accident, he was detained & ICE now refuses to allow his attorneys to meet with him privately, a clear denial of the due process rights afforded to all under our Constitution.
ICE tactics are endangering our communities & violating the Constitution.
He included a photo of Alvarenga wearing a neck brace in a hospital bed. His face and hands are bloodied and bruised.
Here’s a screenshot:
What a horrific story! Man, these ICE agents are just violent thugs trying to hassle innocent people.
Oh, wait — that’s not what happened at all, according to DHS. Fox News reporter Bill Melugin responded directly to Van Hollen’s tweet and told the real story:
BREAKING: DHS tells @FoxNews that this “asylum seeker” is actually a Honduran illegal alien who has had a final deportation order since 2018, & when ICE targeted him in Baltimore, he fled in his vehicle at high speeds, slammed on his brakes and caused a multi car pileup, then he… https://t.co/AZAoHbNDce
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) April 4, 2026
The full post:
BREAKING: DHS tells @FoxNews that this “asylum seeker” is actually a Honduran illegal alien who has had a final deportation order since 2018, & when ICE targeted him in Baltimore, he fled in his vehicle at high speeds, slammed on his brakes and caused a multi car pileup, then he bailed out and ran away on foot before being chased down and arrested. DHS says two ICE agents were hospitalized as a result of the crash, and they are accusing Sen. Van Hollen (D-MD) of misrepresenting what happened here.
Oh. That certainly sounds different than what Van Hollen alleged, doesn’t it?
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Illegal Gangbanger Who Became Hero of Democrat Party Is Free and on His Way to Maryland
The Democrats will do anything to demonize federal law enforcement — even when the facts don’t support their narratives. Chris Van Hollen would rather get woke points from leftists than do anything to protect his own citizens.
Editor’s Note: Democrats are fanning the flames and raising the rhetoric by comparing ICE to the Gestapo, fascists, and secret police.
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