Deportation flights between the U.S. and Colombia resumed on Tuesday, Jan. 28 after the diplomatic drama over the weekend between President Donald Trump and Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro. A deal between both countries was reportedly made on Sunday night to resume the removal flights,
A US military plane with migrants bound at their wrists and ankles has left Texas bound for Guatemala carrying 80 deportees, eight of them children.
Colombia welcomed its first flights of deported illegal immigrants with its president heralding their return and insisting they are not criminals.
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, talks about President Trump's attempted funding freeze of "green new deal" funding threatening resources for Bridge of the Americas port of entry modernization in El Paso.
In a statement by the White House the press secretary said the Country of Colombia agreed to 'unrestricted acceptance' of immigrants from Colombia that entered into the U.S. illegally. “The Government of Colombia has agreed to all of President Trump’s terms,
That's exactly what happened in Colombia, where President Gustavo Petro initially blocked flights with deportees from landing in his country. But with President Trump threatening a 25% tariff on Colombian goods and other restrictions on Colombians coming to the U.S., President Petro relented.
The U.S. and Colombia pulled back from the brink of a trade war on Sunday after the White House said the South American nation had agreed to accept military aircraft from San Diego carrying deported migrants.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro says he will declare an emergency over the guerrilla attacks in the northeast that have killed dozens of people and forced thousands to flee.
Dozens of Colombian illegal migrants arrived home from the United States Tuesday, grateful for an end to a grueling deportation ordeal at the heart of a bitter row between the
A U.S. Air Force jet with migrants bound at their wrists and ankles departed Texas for Guatemala on Thursday, carrying 80 deportees in another deportation flight that reflects a growing role for the armed forces in helping enforce immigration laws.
Trump launched the military deportation flights last week as part of his national emergency declaration on immigration, so far sending six planeloads of migrants on flights to Latin America.
The armed forces is playing a growing role in helping enforce immigration laws under the Trump administration.