Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., is “doubling down on stupid” with his press conferences about the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., said.

“I don’t know what the audience is other than people who are relatives of folks who are here illegally or folks who are illegally in this country,” Santorum said Friday during an appearance on Newsmax’s “The Record With Greta Van Susteren.”

“Because most people understand that when you have two deportation orders, when you’re a member of a criminal gang, when you have been suspected of criminal activity, that these are not people that should be in this country. And these are exactly the people that [President] Donald Trump said he was going to target,” he added.

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