US politics live: Colombia backs down over deportations as immigration raids begin in Chicago

US and Colombia back down from brink of trade war after Colombia agrees to accept flights carrying people deported from USColombia agrees to accept deportation flights from USHere’s more on the back-and-forth between Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, amid rising tensions between Latin American governments and Washington over US deportation flights.Petro had earlier said he would only take back citizens “with dignity”, such as on civilian planes, and had turned back two US military aircraft with repatriated Colombians. Continue reading...

US politics live: Colombia backs down over deportations as immigration raids begin in Chicago

US and Colombia back down from brink of trade war after Colombia agrees to accept flights carrying people deported from US

Here’s more on the back-and-forth between Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, amid rising tensions between Latin American governments and Washington over US deportation flights.

Petro had earlier said he would only take back citizens “with dignity”, such as on civilian planes, and had turned back two US military aircraft with repatriated Colombians.

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