The White House has dug in on its refusal to return a man who US officials have acknowledged was wrongly deported last month from Maryland to an El Salvador mega-prison.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt doubled down on accusations that Salvadoran national Kilmar Ábrego García was a member of the MS-13 gang, which his lawyer denies.

Leavitt also accused the 29-year-old of domestic violence, citing records showing his US citizen wife once filed a protective order against him.

A Maryland judge has ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to bring Mr Ábrego García back to the US. But El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said on a visit to the White House this week that he did not “have the power” to return him.

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    7 days ago

    I’m hoping for help from friendly aliens (outer space kind, not the kind that scare my fellow Americans). But, I’m willing to accept an extinction event caused by a direct meteor impact.

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      I’ve let my friends know for many decades that if my wish comes true, and I am taken out by a meteor, I expect them to laugh their heads off and say cheers. I just wanted it to be a little micro-meteorite or something, but I’m OK with a large scale extinction size rock, I think.

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        lol. Similarly, I’ve told my friends that I would be disappointed if I were to die in such an unremarkable way that most of my obituary wasn’t devoted to the story of my demise.