The Colombian authorities “agreed to all” of President Donald Trump’s phrases relating to the “unrestricted acceptance of all unlawful aliens from Colombia” who’re being deported from the USA.
In a press launch, White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defined that primarily based on the settlement, “totally drafted IEEPA tariffs and sanctions” can be “held in reserve” and never signed until the Colombia authorities did not honor the settlement.
Leavitt added that “visa sanctions” issued by the State Division would stay in place “till the primary planeload of Colombian deportees is efficiently returned.” Leavitt additionally famous that “right this moment’s occasions clarify to the world that America is revered once more.” The press launch comes after Colombian President Gustavo Petro backed down on refusing to just accept two deportation flights from the U.S. and mentioned he would “ship his presidential airplane to personally decide up the deported migrants.”
“The federal government of Colombia has agreed to all of President Trump’s phrases, together with the unrestricted acceptance of all unlawful aliens from Colombia returned from the USA, together with on U.S. navy plane, with out limitation or delay,” Leavitt mentioned in an announcement. “Based mostly on this settlement, the totally drafted IEEPA tariffs and sanctions can be held in reserve, and never signed, until Colombia fails to honor this settlement.”
“The visa sanctions issued by the State Division, and enhanced inspections from Customs and Border Safety, will stay in impact till the primary planeload of Colombian deportees is efficiently returned,” Leavitt added in her assertion. “As we speak’s occasions clarify to the world that America is revered once more. President Trump will proceed to fiercely defend our nation’s sovereignty, and he expects all different nations of the world to completely cooperate in accepting the deportation of their residents illegally current in the USA.”
In response to Petro criticizing the U.S. for treating “Colombian migrants as criminals,” and saying that he was refusing “entry of American planes carrying Colombian migrants” till the U.S. established “a protocol for the dignified therapy of migrants,” Trump intervened and threatened to impose a number of measures corresponding to 25 p.c tariffs “on all items” coming into the U.S.
Trump wrote in a submit on Fact Social that he had directed his “Administration to right away take the next pressing and decisive retaliatory measures”:
-Emergency 25% tariffs on all items coming into the USA. In a single week, the 25% tariffs can be raised to 50%.
-A Journey Ban and quick Visa Revocations on the Colombian Authorities Officers, and all Allies and Supporters.
-Visa Sanctions on all Celebration Members, Household Members, and Supporters of the Colombian Authorities.
-Enhanced Customs and Border Safety Inspections of all Colombian Nationals and Cargo on nationwide safety grounds.
-IEEPA Treasury, Banking and Monetary Sanctions to be totally imposed.
In a submit on X, the State Division additionally beforehand revealed that within the aftermath of Petro’s “refusal to just accept two repatriation flight he beforehand approved,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio “instantly ordered a suspension of visa issuance on the U.S. Embassy Bogota consular part,” and that Rubio was authorizing “journey sanctions on people and their households, who have been answerable for the interference of U.S. repatriation flight operations.”
