Trump declares victory as Colombia backs down and accepts deportees

The Trump White House is claiming triumph successful a showdown with Colombia implicit deportees from the U.S. arsenic the caller president escalates a promised crackdown connected undocumented immigrants.

The South American federation backed down from a confrontation implicit the deportation flights aft Trump threatened to enforce pugnacious tariffs and different sanctions.

The White House trumpeted the capitulation by Colombia arsenic a stark informing to different nations that they should deliberation doubly astir obstructing its plans to deport undocumented immigrants to their homelands.

“(The) events marque wide to the satellite that America is respected again. President Trump volition proceed to fiercely support our nation’s sovereignty, and helium expects each different nations of the satellite to afloat cooperate successful accepting the deportation of their citizens illegally contiguous successful the United States,” White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said.

The Colombian authorities confirmed that it was backing down connected the issue and President Gustavo Petro adjacent reposted Leavitt’s statement.

“We person flooded the impasse with the United States government,” said Colombian Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo. “We volition proceed to person Colombians who instrumentality arsenic deportees, guaranteeing them decent conditions arsenic citizens taxable to rights.”

Petro initially rejected 2 Colombia-bound U.S. subject aircraft carrying migrants aft accusing Trump of not treating immigrants humanely.

Trump, who says the deportation flights are a substance of nationalist security, rapidly demanded that Petro backmost down. He ordered visa restrictions, 25% tariffs connected each Colombian incoming goods, which would beryllium raised to 50% successful 1 week, and different retaliatory measures.

Petro countered with a retaliatory 25% summation successful Colombian tariffs connected U.S. goods arsenic the tit-for-tat quality escalated.

But wrong hours, Petro had a alteration of bosom and caved to Trump’s demands that Colombia judge the flights.

The deportation formation play unfolded arsenic Trump officials claimed they arrested astir 1,000 immigrants successful sweeps nationwide connected Sunday alone.

Top Homeland Security and Justice Department officials headed to Chicago Monday wherever Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were preparing for much roundups of reputed criminals and pack members who are undocumented immigrants.

Trump says his predetermination triumph amounts to a mandate to deport galore millions of undocumented immigrants, starting with criminals but including radical who are simply surviving successful the U.S. without required documentation.