Colombia welcomed its first flights of deported illegal immigrants with its president heralding their return and insisting they are not criminals.
A U.S. Air Force jet with migrants bound at their wrists and ankles departed Texas for Guatemala on Thursday, carrying 80 deportees in another deportation flight that reflects a growing role for the armed forces in helping enforce immigration laws.
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, talks about President Trump's attempted funding freeze of "green new deal" funding threatening resources for Bridge of the Americas port of entry modernization in El Paso.
The U.S. and Colombia pulled back from the brink of a trade war on Sunday after the White House said the South American nation had agreed to accept military aircraft from San Diego carrying deported migrants.
Three U.S. Army soldiers were onboard a BlackHawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
That's exactly what happened in Colombia, where President Gustavo Petro initially blocked flights with deportees from landing in his country. But with President Trump threatening a 25% tariff on Colombian goods and other restrictions on Colombians coming to the U.S., President Petro relented.
Dozens of Colombian illegal migrants arrived home from the United States Tuesday, grateful for an end to a grueling deportation ordeal at the heart of a bitter row between the
Trump administration changes have upended the U.S. agency charged with providing humanitarian aid overseas, with senior officials put on leave, contractors laid off and a sweeping freeze imposed on foreign assistance.
Trump launched the military deportation flights last week as part of his national emergency declaration on immigration, so far sending six planeloads of migrants on flights to Latin America.
U.S. President Donald Trump's military deportation flight to Guatemala on Monday likely cost at least $4,675 per migrant, according to data provided by U.S. and Guatemalan officials.