Tensions decreased Sunday night following negotiations between the countries, with the White House saying in a statement that Colombia had allowed the resumption of deportation flights and “agreed to all of President Trump’s terms,” including the arrival of deportees on military flights.
The Coast Guard started flying migrants to states along the border on Saturday. The Air Force is assigned to fly them out of the country.
President Donald Trump is holding off on imposing tariffs and sanctions on Colombia following an agreement on accepting deportation flights.
U.S. President Donald Trump says that he's ordering tariffs, visa restrictions and other retaliatory measures against Colombia after its government rejected two flights carrying migrants.
Trump imposes tariffs and sanctions on Colombia over deportee flights; Colombia agrees to terms, easing tensions. Follow Newsweek's live blog.
Trump said the Colombia's refusal jeopardized U.S. national security. He imposed tariffs on incoming goods, sanctions on government officials, enhanced border inspections of Colombian nationals, and banking and financial sanctions.
The two nations spent much of the day in a tense standoff after President Donald Trump said the South American nation had turned away two deportation flights.
S.C., said congressional Republicans who delay funding for border czar Tom Homan could "own another attack on our country."
Trump officials reveal generating large numbers of deportations, not apprehending criminals, is the administration’s chief immigration goal.
Hostin accused his administration of sending a “clear message as to what this president wants the look of a ‘criminal migrant’ to look like.”