SENATOR VAN HOLLEN BLASTS ICE DETENTION OF MARYLAND STUDENT

Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen is blasting the detention of a University of Maryland student during a scheduled immigration check-in at the Baltimore ICE office. He says Maria Flores Garcia’s arrest is the latest example of how President Trump lied when he said that he’d only go after the “worst of the worst,” but ICE is going after whomever they please and it’s not making communities safer. The 19-year-old student came to the U.S. at age nine, was the 2026 valedictorian of Parkdale High School in Prince George’s County and earned a full scholarship to study public health. Van Hollen says he wants answers on Maria’s detention and he’s working to get her released.