ReutersUS President Donald Trump said he would impose 25 percent of tariffs and sanctions on Colombia.
Trump said the emergency tariffs on all products from Colombia to the United States will be “immediately” and 25% of tariffs will increase to 50% within a week.
Earlier on Sunday, President Gustavo Petro Colombia said he refused to enter the Colombian soil of the US military plane carrying the deported immigrants.
Petro said, “We will not be treated like criminals and will receive fellow citizens on a private plane.”
US officials said two military flights from San Diego on the BBC’s US partner, CBS NEWS, were accompanied by migrant deports due to Colombia’s land on Sunday, but the plan was abandoned by complications.
As a result, Trump published “urgent and decisive retaliation measures” in a post about the truth society. He said the United States would be banned from Colombian officials, allies, and supporters to “prohibit travel and” immediate visa cancellation. “
Trump also said that there will be a visa sanctions on the supporters of the Colombian government and strengthened the customs and border protection tests of cargoes for all Colombian people and national security sites.
Trump said his executive would not violate the legal obligations of the Colombian government’s acceptance and return of criminals forced to the United States.
Getty imageThe United States imports about 20%of Colombia’s $ 200 million coffee and other products such as bananas, crude oil, avocado and flowers.
Targets can make coffee prices rise if they make imports more expensive and deliver them to consumers.
The breakdown of sanctions and diplomatic relations with the Colombian government and supporters is very important.
Trump’s own choice for Secretary of State Christopher Landau argued that “cooperating with other countries to prevent such migratory flows should be” global orders of US foreign policy. “
Every year in China, tens of thousands of immigrants land in South America and travel to Colombia, head to the United States. It is usually promoted by a criminal organization.
This movement will not be doubted that Trump’s executive will work with Colombia to prevent it.
Also, on Sunday, Petro said more than 15,666 Americans were illegal in Colombia. The number that the BBC could not be confirmed independently.
Petro said, unlike the Trump administration, he would never see a raid that returns illegal American immigrants.
White HouseThe disagreement between the two countries comes as the Trump administration has vowed to carry out “expelling”. The president signed a number of administrative orders related to immigration in the office on the first day.
Some of Trump’s administrative orders have been signed to expand their ability to arrest and detain illegal immigrants in the US soil of immigration and tariff execution (ICE).
Karoline Leavitt, a White House spokesman, said 538 arrests were carried out on Thursday.
For comparison, the ICE detained more than 149,700 people in the 2024 fiscal year, depending on the BIDEN administration, which is an average of 409 per day.
Trump proclaimed the emergency of the state at the Mexican border, rejected civil servants illegally or illegally or a temporary visa, and ordered them to reinforce the “remaining” policies in Mexico in their first term.
On Saturday, US Vice President JD Vance said on CBS’s face, saying, “It is supporting the law enforcement of violent criminals.”
Margaret Brennan of CBS said, “It does not mean that immigrants were founded by immigrants, which should have the most stupid immigration policy in the world.”
Tom Homan, Trump’s “Border Tsar,” told ABC News that the military is now helping the military plane’s departure and architectural infrastructure to secure a border at the US-Mexico border on Sunday ABC News. .
“This is a strong signal to the world: our border is closed,” he said.
Trump has campaigned to secure the southern border and reduce the number of unregistered immigrants entering the United States.
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