Former President of Colombia Iván Duque joins José Díaz-Balart to react to the showdown between his country and President Trump. Trump threatened to impose tariffs after Colombian Pres. Gustavo Petro blocked two deportation flights.
A brief standoff between President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro ended with Trump claiming victory Sunday night with the announcement that the South American country had agreed to accept its citizens deported on U.S. military planes. Though MAGA world had misconstrued Petro’s position as an opposition to deportation flights generally, he had objected to U.S. military planes being used. He had demanded that Colombian migrants be treated with dignity.
To suggest that Colombia hasn’t been a willing partner in the long history of American immigration enforcement policy is laughable. According to the Department of Homeland Security, between 2014 and 2023, 22% of Colombian nationals encountered by U.S. immigration authorities were repatriated. Telemundo cited Witness at the Border tracking data that between 2020 and 2024, Colombia accepted 475 deportation flights, the fifth-most of any country.
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