Kaine breaks into Spanish as Dems force vote targeting Trump-El Salvador alliance over deportations

Top Democrats announced an effort Thursday to force the Trump administration to provide a report on how it is specifically complying with a court order to facilitate the return of wrongfully deported U.S. residents to El Salvador.

The resolution to do so from Sens. Tim Kaine of Virginia, Charles Schumer of New York, Alex Padilla of California and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is "privileged," – meaning it will require a full Senate vote. Kaine cited the specific code under a 1961 foreign assistance law that allowed such.

If passed, and the White House fails to abide by it, U.S. security assistance to El Salvador would be immediately frozen, Schumer, Kaine and Van Hollen said.

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At a press conference outside the Capitol, the three men laid out how the vote would work, and one lawmaker later disclosed a separate effort to schedule a vote on sanctions against El Salvador over President Nayib Bukele's work with Trump.

"I also send a message to the government of El Salvador," Kaine said during his remakrs, breaking into Spanish midway.

"You might think it's cute right now to grab attention by a bromance with President Donald Trump. He's going to be a president for poco mas (a short time) – tres anos mas (three years more)."

Continuing in Spanish, Kaine said the two countries will always have relations, before transitioning back to English to say that the U.S. will not soon forget "you violating the human rights of American citizens, you're wrong."

"We will remember this forever," Kaine pledged. "And there will be significant and challenging downstream consequences for any nation that violates the rights of Americans."

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The move was spurred by the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a suspected MS-13 gang member who was deported from Maryland to his home country last month.

Van Hollen later said the privileged resolution was not expressly about Garcia, but instead the greater idea that such people could be deported and/or treated without due process.

Echoing Kaine on repercussions for San Salvador’s government from Washington, Van Hollen spoke of plans to also seek a sanctions vote against Bukele "and all those who are part of his government conspiring with Donald Trump to deprive residents of the United States of their constitutional rights."

Returning again to speaking bilingually, Kaine responded to a reporter’s question by summing up the privileged resolution in Spanish.

"We have a guarantee of a vote after ten days on El Salvador and we are sending a message to President Trump that he needs to follow the law. And we are also sending a message to President Bukele that we are not going to forget if the government of El Salvador is violating American human rights," he said.

In a statement in English aside from the conference, Kaine said Bukele "has rounded up tens of thousands of Salvadorans without due process and jammed them indefinitely into overpopulated torture centers. And now he’s trying to do the same to people living in the United States," Kaine said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital prior to the conference.

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"We will use this resolution to force accountability," said Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, a House supporter of the resolution – though Kaine said it does not require their blessing.

Van Hollen, who took a junket to El Salvador to attempt to bring Garcia to Maryland – where his family lives – said Trump has failed to comply with the order to facilitate his return.

Both Trump and Bukele appeared to agree in an Oval Office meeting last month that returning Garcia would be "preposterous" and that the court order didn’t quite say what critics said it did.

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., for comment.

Jordon Hudson's former classmate 'unsurprised' by 'controlling tendencies' over Bill Belichick

A classmate of Jordon Hudson, the 24-year-old girlfriend of Bill Belichick, spoke out after a controversial interview with the UNC head football coach made waves on social media. 

And, according to the anonymous source, Hudson’s behavior was anything but unusual. 

The Nauset Regional High School classmate, from Eastham, Mass., revealed to the New York Post that they were not surprised by Hudson’s actions during Belichick’s interview with CBS News, where she shut down a question about how the two had met. 

"That is exactly how she is," the source reportedly said. "We are so unsurprised by this. None of us are shocked. We think it is hilarious."

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"Everyone who knows her is so unsurprised by this. This is totally something she would do," the person continued. 

Belichick appeared on "CBS News Sunday Morning" over the weekend to promote his new book, in which he described Hudson as his "creative muse." According to one report, Hudson interrupted on several occasions, including shutting down the question about how they met, and even stormed off at one point, delaying the interview by around 30 minutes. 

"Everyone who knows Jordon is not shocked by this information at all. And even the way she acted in that interview," the classmate told the Post. "That was so her."

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"That’s exactly how she acted in high school, stomping around. She was very controlling of when [Hudson and her high-school boyfriend] were dating. The controlling tendencies are still there."

Belichick released a statement in response to the backlash he and Hudson received. 

"I agreed to speak with ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ to promote my new book, ‘The Art of Winning — Lessons from My Life in Football.’ Prior to this interview, I clearly communicated with my publicist at Simon & Schuster that any promotional interviews I participated in would agree to focus solely on the contents of the book," he said.

Belichick added that he was "surprised" about getting the questions about his relationship and that when Hudson stepped in, she was doing her job. He went on to accuse CBS of creating a "false narrative" with so-called "selectively edited clips."

CBS responded, disagreeing with Belichick’s version of events. 

"When we agreed to speak with Mr. Belichick, it was for a wide-ranging interview," the company said. "There were no preconditions or limitations to this conversation. This was confirmed repeatedly with his publisher before the interview took place and after it was completed."

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