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Kilmar Ábrego García: Deported Salvadoran will never live back in US, says White House

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Kilmar Ábrego García: Deported Salvadoran will never live back in US, says White House

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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Man deported to El Salvador will never live back in US, says White House

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  • If a domestic violence allegation is all it takes to get send away, then 40% of all police officers in this country need to GTFO on that alone.

    (Not saying domestic violence is good, obviously. Just using their logic here.)

  • It's such a wonderful coincidence that they managed to pick up and deport, what is reportedly, the most dangerous man in America by accident. These guys are really batting for a thousand here.

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