After House Republicans refused to allow Democrats to organize official congressional delegations to El Salvador, four of them are traveling to the Central American nation anyway, Axios has learned.

Reps. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) and Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.) arrived in San Salvador, the country’s capital, on Monday morning, their offices said.

Why it matters: The lawmakers’ offices said they will meet with officials at the U.S. embassy there to advocate for the release of Kilmar Armando Ábrego García and receive classified briefings.

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    Congressional primaries usually get less than 20% turnout, most of which are retirees. That’s why we keep the centrists year after year. It won’t be hard if the awareness is there.