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.
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.
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.
Throughout former President Joe Biden’s tenure, Abbott often sparred with the federal government over illegal immigration. At one point last year, Abbott engaged in a standoff with federal officials and ordered the Texas National Guard to block Border Patrol officials from entering the Eagle Pass border crossing area.
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
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.
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,
President Donald Trump is holding off on imposing tariffs and sanctions on Colombia following an agreement on accepting deportation flights.
According to Colombia’s Foreign Ministry, 91 Colombian nationals boarded a Colombian military aircraft sent from Bogota to El Paso, Texas on Monday, taking off from Biggs Army Airfield just before midnight.
EL PAÍS is following the routes, planes and companies behind the repatriation of hundreds of immigrants to the Felipe Ángeles International Airport
The armed forces is playing a growing role in helping enforce immigration laws under the Trump administration.