The refusal of Colombia to absorb deported migrants only briefly from the United States. Under the massive pressure of US President Donald Trump, Colombia agreed to take back in all deported citizens. Trump had previously announced drastic punitive rates and sanctions to enforce his requirements.
Migrants are not criminals, Colombian President Gustavo Petro emphasized at the weekend, did not succeed in landing two American military aircraft and even offered the presidential plane to have the previously deported people travel back to the US.
At the same time, Petro pointed out that there were 15,660 Americans in Colombia without the right immigration status. Colombia will “absorb his subjects in civil aircraft without treating them as criminals.”
Petro: “Your blockade doesn’t scares me”
After all, this did not happen, because Donald Trump prevented the customs club. This included rates, travel prohibitions for government officials and far -reaching sanctions, Trump announced on Sunday in a contribution to the “Truth Social” platform. The United States would improve the rates of 25 percent for all Colombian goods that would come to the United States. The rates must be increased to 50 percent in a week.
The president of Colombia Gustavo Petro immediately announced that it would increase 50 percent rates on American goods. “Your blockade doesn’t scared me,” Petros told Trump in a message. “I have been informed that you are increasing 50 percent rates about the fruits of our human work to come to the United States, I do the same.”
VS export more to Colombia than the other way around
The US import from the country on the northern tip of South America, among others, Coffee -Colombia is one of the largest coffee -exporters in the world. Bananas and other tropical fruits such as mangos, avocados and pineapple are also introduced from Colombia. According to the US government, trade in goods and services between two countries was an estimated $ 53.5 billion in 2022 (51.09 billion euros). The American exports therefore had a value of $ 28.7 billion and it was $ 24.8 billion in import from Colombia.
Trump wrote that the approach of Petros endangers the national security of the United States. “These measures are just the beginning. We will not allow the Colombian government to violate its legal obligations with regard to the inclusion and return of the criminals that it forced them to the United States!
While Petro responded to this concrete, it is not transferred. However, the White House announced on Sunday evening (local time) that the Colombian government had approved all Trump conditions, including the “unlimited admission” of all Colombians sent back from the United States.
Trump has “all illegal border crossings” stop
Shortly after his arrival, Trump declared a national emergency situation on the border with Mexico. “All illegal border crossings are stopped,” he said. In the meantime, many soldiers have been moved to the southern national border. Mexico had also rejected a request last week to land an American military aircraft with migrants.
Source: Krone
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