Trump orders sanctions on Colombia after Petro blocks deportation flights | Migration News

Trump orders sanctions on Colombia after Petro blocks deportation flights | Migration News

President Gustavo Petro says Bogota will block US deportation flights until migrants are guaranteed ‘dignified treatment’. US President Donald Trump has promised to impose tariffs and visa restrictions on Colombia after Bogota turned away two US military aircraft transporting migrants being deported under Trump’s immigration crackdown. Washington will slap Colombia with 25 percent “emergency tariffs”…

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Trump officials closing immigration offices Biden set up in Latin America

Trump officials closing immigration offices Biden set up in Latin America

Trump closes immigration offices abroad Trump administration closing immigration offices in Latin America 03:42 Washington — The Trump administration is shutting down processing offices in Latin America that the Biden administration set up to give migrants legal immigration options and dissuade them from crossing the southern border illegally, according to internal government documents obtained by…

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Latin American Leaders Welcome and Warn Trump

Latin American Leaders Welcome and Warn Trump

In the weeks before he took office, Donald J. Trump repeatedly vowed to carry out the largest deportations in U.S. history and to militarize the border, all while his transition team rebuffed requests from regional leaders to meet over the effects of his promised moves. He made countries such as Mexico targets of his attacks,…

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