President Donald Trump posted threats against Colombia on his social media platform on Sunday after two U.S. military repatriation flights were prevented from landing.
The White House said on Sunday that Colombia has agreed to all of President Donald Trump’s terms after Trump threatened to impose sweeping retaliatory measures against Colombia, including tariffs and visa sanctions,
President Trump has ordered tariffs and visa restrictions be imposed on Colombia in retaliation for not accepting two deportation flights.
Following a tense standoff between the nations' respective presidents, an agreement was reached on Sunday night regarding the return of repatriating citizens to Colombia from the United States.
The president has made immigration an early priority to start second term, with ICE making over 900 arrests Sunday.
The White House said Sunday night that a U.S.-Colombia agreement had come together in the wake of a back-and-forth between the two countries over topics including immigration and tariffs.
Donald Trump is no longer expected to impose a 25 percent tariff on Colombian imports after President Gustavo Petro accepted flights of deported migrants from the U.S.
Deportation flights between the U.S. and Colombia have resumed following a dispute between the two countries that nearly led to a trade war.
Immigration attorneys Monday detailed the impact on their clients, some of them undocumented children, after the Trump administration last week halted Department of Justice programs that fund nonprofits that provide legal services to immigrants.
But romantics may spared from becoming victims of a trade dispute. The White House declared victory on Sunday, saying that Colombia had reversed itself and agreed to allow the flights to land, backing down just hours after Trump threatened to impose visa restrictions in addition to the steep tariffs on its longtime ally in South America.
Visa appointments at the U.S. Embassy in Colombia have been canceled following a dispute between President Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro over deportation flights that nearly turned into a costly trade war between both countries.