In the middle of the Tension between Presidents Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro, United States announced that he will deport about 2000 people from Colombiaidentified as the alleged protagonists of the incidents that occurred before the Final of the Copa América 2024made in the city of Miami.
The announcement occurs after CAmbio of immigration policy in the North American countrywhich ordered to deepen the search for Colombian supporters who-presumably-have already been identified. The same US authorities indicated that many of them already They have migrated to Canada.
In the event that the citizens of Colombia are in US territory with documentation, the new American management announced that they will apply fines of up to US $ 20,000 for participating in the riots that delayed the beginning of the definition of the continental football tournament. The measure comes as prelude toThe World Cup 2026, where the United States will be organizer again, jointly with Canada and Mexico.
Gustavo Petro asked the undocumented Colombians in the US to return to the country “as soon as possible”
Donald Trump beat Gustavo Petro’s humanitarian. In a first instance, the president of Colombia He had rejected accept his compatriots deported from the USA, But he had to reverse the decision after the announcement of tariff reforms of Colombian products.
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.
Source: Ambito
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