President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on Colombian exports to ensure the country accepts U.S. military flights carrying migrants.”Throughout the week, the heroes of ICE have been hunting down and arresting hundreds of illegal alien criminals per day,” President Donald Trump said.”We’re taking them back — and they’re going to take them back fast, and if they don’t, they’re going to pay a very high economic price,” Trump added.On his first day at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed sweeping changes to the status quo, with active-duty military troops overseeing security and mass deportations.”This is a shift. This is not the way business has been done in the past,” said Hegseth.Some Democrats raised concerns that the administration’s targets are not limited to violent criminals.”They’re going after people who are law-abiding, who are holding down jobs, who have families here who may have been here for a decade or two decades, and they’re often our neighbors and our friends. And, why are we going after them?” said Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois.As all of this is happening, former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is the newly sworn-in secretary of Homeland Security, heading up the administration’s immigration response. She is expected to give her first remarks in the position on Tuesday.The White House says tariff orders for Colombia will be held in reserve and not signed, but visa restrictions on Colombian officials and enhanced customs inspections may be enforced until the first plane carrying migrants successfully lands.
President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on Colombian exports to ensure the country accepts U.S. military flights carrying migrants.
“Throughout the week, the heroes of ICE have been hunting down and arresting hundreds of illegal alien criminals per day,” President Donald Trump said.
“We’re taking them back — and they’re going to take them back fast, and if they don’t, they’re going to pay a very high economic price,” Trump added.
On his first day at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed sweeping changes to the status quo, with active-duty military troops overseeing security and mass deportations.
“This is a shift. This is not the way business has been done in the past,” said Hegseth.
Some Democrats raised concerns that the administration’s targets are not limited to violent criminals.
“They’re going after people who are law-abiding, who are holding down jobs, who have families here who may have been here for a decade or two decades, and they’re often our neighbors and our friends. And, why are we going after them?” said Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois.
As all of this is happening, former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is the newly sworn-in secretary of Homeland Security, heading up the administration’s immigration response. She is expected to give her first remarks in the position on Tuesday.
The White House says tariff orders for Colombia will be held in reserve and not signed, but visa restrictions on Colombian officials and enhanced customs inspections may be enforced until the first plane carrying migrants successfully lands.
