In addition to modifying his position, Petro changed his strategy and asked “the Colombians and Colombians without documents in the US to leave their jobs immediately in that country and return to Colombia as soon as possible“
In his social networks, he analyzed that “wealth is produced only by the working people. The Department of Social Prosperity, DPS, will seek to deliver Productive credits to whom they returned register in their programs. “Revaluing their new political position, asked: “Let’s build social wealth in Colombia.”
US suspended sanctions against Colombia
The Colombian Foreign Minister, Luis Gilberto Murillo, confirmed that his country “overcome the impasse” With the United States and accepts the terms of Trump’s repatriation policy, so “it will continue to receive Colombians and Colombians who return as deportees.”
The controversy climbed after Gustavo Petro’s refusal to allow the landing of US aircraft with deportees. At that time, Trump announced import tariffs from Colombia and other measures against ruling as travel restrictions and “immediate” visas.
Petro responded by ordering the foreign trade portfolio that also imposes a tariff on products from the US and urged his government to “direct” exports to other countries. Finally, and after Colombia decides to allow the entry of military flights with deported migrantsthe White House announced that it turned back to tariff measures against the South American country.
Reception record and reception policies
On January 23, United States presidential spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt said: “Thanks to President Trump: Yesterday, Mexico obtained a record of four deportation flights In a day! (…) Mexico has also mobilized 30 thousand national guards. ”
The initially released report mentioned that a C-17 aircraft of the United States Air Force For Mexico, it did not take off due to the rejection of the Mexican government. However, sources from Defense Department American indicated that two similar planes, with some 80 migrants eachthey left for Guatemala. Guatemalan government itself confirmed the arrival of those people.
For its partHonduras announced that it will receive citizens who are deported or repatriated from the United States. The chancellor Enrique Reina confirmed the support for the deportees: “The idea is open them with open armsthey are our compatriots and in that we will have to coordinate with the United States what is necessary to receive them in the way more adequate, humanitarian and safe“
In that sense, he revealed that the president Xiomara Castro will develop a program entitled ‘Brother, sister, go home’whose purpose is to provide the Hondurans return certain resources to mobilize, food and then facilitate jobs. He also explained that the first step will be that of a solidarity bonus – without specifying the amount – so that they can mobilize and acquire food. Then, they will seek to “promote a mass employment program that the president is already developing.”
According to data from the American Information and Access Center for Transactional Registries (TRAC), in the northern nation there are 488,397 Hondurans that are in lists with deportation order. From the country’s foreign ministry, they replicate: “The goal is to give all the inputs to the Hondurans to feel welcome at home and feel that they can develop again in Honduras,”.
Source: Ambito
