How Democratic senator who enjoyed 'fake margaritas' with deported may have broken the law | 19 April 2025 | The Democratic Senator who visited the deported Maryland man has been accused by some conservatives of violating a 200-year-old law by visiting El Salvador and lobbying for his release. Chris Van Hollen, who also represents Maryland, flew out to El Salvador on Wednesday to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia urging for the deported migrant's release, leading to accusations by angered Republicans that he violated The Logan Act. The act determines that any American corresponding with foreign officials "with intent to influence the[ir] measures...in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States," may face a fine or imprisonment. Republican political adviser Roger Stone declared on X that the Maryland Senator should face prosecution and wrote: "Pursuing your own individual foreign policy is a violation of the Logan Act. The FBI should arrest this senator the instant he returns to the country."