In a breaking story, Colombia has reportedly rejected deportation flights from the United States. President Trump has responded with an immediate 25% tariff on Colombian goods, imposed a travel ban.
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Colombia Rejects Deportation Flights
In a developing story, Colombia rejected a pair of deportation flights from the United States on Sunday, January 26th. According to statements by the Department of Homeland Security about illegal immigration policy and procedure, those in the US illegally who have committed crimes would be sent back as the first priority.
Mexico rejected a pair of military aircraft from the United States earlier this week at a cost of nearly $900,000 to US taxpayers. Less than 100 deportees were on the flights to Mexico.
Trump Responds With 25% Tariff, Travel Ban
President Trump retaliated against turning the jets back to US shores by announcing a travel ban of diplomatic Colombian officials and a 25% tariff on Colombian imports. The country is the fourth largest coffee producer in the world and responsible for billions in crude petroleum exports to the United States.
“President Trump said his administration would immediately impose 25% tariffs on Colombian goods coming into the U.S., which he described as retaliation for Colombia rejecting two U.S. flights carrying migrants back home.”
“Trump responded in a social-media post that the tariffs would be raised to 50% in a week.”
”These measures are just the beginning,” Trump wrote. “We will not allow the Colombian Government to violate its legal obligations with regard to the acceptance and return of the Criminals they forced into the United States!”
– WSJWSJ
Conclusion
Mexico, in essence, got away with turning flights around and rejecting deportation flights with no such immediate retaliation. President Trump has stated that such initial deportations were that of criminals and not asylum seekers or those with other legal immigrant status in the United States. Colombia may be the tip of the spear for other countries rejecting deportation flights, but may find it easier to accept them and avoid the tariffs. Should the US encounter a uniform blockade, Trump may need to rethink his strategy of compliance or tariff.
What do you think?
Does Trump want to be accused of increasing the cost of a cup of Colombian coffee in the US because of this? That might not play well with coffee drinkers.
Confirmed, Trump hates coffee drinkers. He also hates every American except for himself, but that’s another story
Stop crying about Colombian coffee. Colombian coffee is good but nothing different than Brazilian coffee (same varieties). Colombia has invested a lot of money in marketing and branding so people like you think they are too important in the coffee world. However , they only export 8% of the global coffee production while Brazil and Vietnam export 50%. So no, nobody will miss their coffee here if they get hit with tariffs.
@Santastico … USA ( MAGA ) coffee (Kona) is way better .
Do you sincerely believe the stuff you are saying? Are you really that STUPID?
What about the cost to fly 100 people on HUGE military aircraft at a cost of 900,000. This SHOW is costing taxpayers a bundle. TRUMP is synonymous with failure and wasting money.
F#ck Juan Valdez and the donkey he rode in on.
They are refusing to take back their own citizens. Slap on the tariffs
Reports now are the President of Columbia is sending a plane to pick up the criminals. I understand why they wouldn’t want this human garbage back since they are mainly violent criminals and sex offenders.
@Dave … +1 . Yep , Colombia , Venezuela , and Cuba , themselves deport them to the U.S.A. Send them all back .,
Looks like a developing story, as the Columbian President has now sent his presidential plane to help with the effort. Money talks when it comes to these rogue countries.
Imagine if Columbia was sending back planes of American Citizens who had illegally entered their country.
How is Colombia a rogue country? There president didn’t try to overturn their election. There was no indication that their migrants passed through Colombia or were from Colombia.
You should probably learn something about Colombia. It is a very corrupt country and the current president is under investigation as apparently his campaign was funded but dirty money. His family is all under investigation for corruption and his older son is the one that tipped the authorities about his dad’s dirty past. So, no angels there. BTW, the two planes that were rejected by the president were full of Colombian illegal immigrants.
Relax Kyle. The president of Colombia just bent his knees and is sending their planes to get their illegals. He tried to play smart and lost it since he had allowed two planes to Colombia to take off and later changed his mind. A 25% tariff from the US to Colombia can cripple their economy while for the US it wouldn’t change anything. It is called power play.
He’s picking them up from Honduras where they were left because he doesn’t want US military planes dropping them in his country. He didn’t cave to anything.
People that want Colombian coffee will now pay more for it. Soon to be the same story for most imported items.
Read my post about Colombian coffee. Nothing to be missed there. BTW, I work with coffee so happen to know a bit about it.
This will be cover for all coffee manufacturers to raise their prices
Well, blame the corrupt Colombian president. It is funny when countries ship their criminals to another country and then don’t want them back.
You don’t know a damn thing about coffee, economics or the way the world works. Your ignorance is astounding.
But,,,he’s an expert on everything…
Might want to update your article… the fascist caved already and is now using his own planes to bring back the Colombians deported.
What’s this going to do to coke prices? Looks like Hunter will have to sell more artwork to pick up the tab.
One can argue about Trump and his motivations but you can’t argue he doesn’t take sh#t from anyone. He could economically ruin that country in a month.
While Rubio just got a hostage returned from Belarus. Winning!
Unlike the last guy who got walked over by most of the world.
@Dave … +1 .
Don’t be fooled. Trump took it right up the backside on this. He’s spending way more than needed on the military flights. Now Colombia is going to tariff items produced in the US, which will mostly harm red states. Losing!
Very soon, all of South and Central America will be in a trade war with the US.
Let’s be realistic. The tariffs are going to hurt red states more than blue states no matter what. This is just the amuse bouche before a long and hearty meal of price increases for the American public because tariffs are what make life better,. Sure, you’ll pay lots more for many things but at least you’ll know that the 50% extra you’re paying will cause unhappiness in foreign countries.
C’mon now, egg prices have been dropping rapidly over the last week, to cheaper than 2019 levels.
Kyle, I know you’re a Trump supporter and probably support mass deportations, but you neglected to mention why Colombia refused to accept the flights in the first place.
Not all of the people being deported have been charged with a crime. Colombian officials believed it was inhumane to transport migrants who haven’t committed crimes in military cargo aircraft. They stated their willingness to accept migrant flights once deportees received better more humane treatment.
In my opinion, that’s an important piece of the story for you to have just omitted.
Most of these illegals came through Latin America by bus, planes, cars, etc… until they got to the Mexican border to the US. They came under deplorable conditions way worst than flying in a military plane. The current government is actually doing a favor to send them back to their country of origin or maybe they should drop them back to their country Mexican border and let them figure out from there.
@Santastico … +1 . Yep , they don’t belong here , that is for sure .
Simply question, are they criminals or not? Is it a crime to cross the border and not apply for asylum? The obvious answer is YES they are criminals.
Those being sent back are not here after entering legally and still waiting for hearings.
They have zero rights, F them!
Dave, it isn’t a crime. Irregular entry or being present without documentation is a civil violation, potentially punishable by deportation. It’s strictly a federal law; states have no grounds to enforce it. There is no fine, jail sentence, or criminal record associated with it. So no, the fact that they crossed the border without wanting to claim asylum, or whatever, doesn’t make them a criminal. At least not in the eyes of US law.
Don’t use logic and facts here, mister. We only deal with recycled talking points and useless anecdotal evidence.
“Kyle, I know you’re a Trump supporter and probably support mass deportations”.
That obvious huh.
The President of Colombia is a left wing politician so that might be why Trump acted hard on them. There may be a way out. Colombia objected to the use of US military aircraft, not civilian aircraft. Colombia sells a lot of fresh flowers to the US. Most of the florists in the US use Colombian flowers.
Yes, because our economy will suffer if we don’t have fresh flowers. Think about it. Who would have more to lose? The US for not having fresh flowers or Colombia because those fresh flowers will rot if they can’t sell them? Seriously, the Colombian needs to realize he is on the weak side here.
Colombia is officially a MNNA. They’re not going to lose anything. It’s all grandstanding.
Not when we will soon be in a trade war with most of the world. All those countries will work together to cut out the US as much as possible.
You saw this in trumps first term when the trade war with China resulted in them cutting out US soybean producers and ramping up their imports from Brazil.
The mental gymnastics here yall do to justify stupidity cause your in love with your leader. WOW. Yall are heartless and cruel and I sincerely hope that yall suffer the entirely predictable consequences of these tariff wars.
LOL!
https://apnews.com/article/colombia-immigration-deportation-flights-petro-trump-us-67870e41556c5d8791d22ec6767049fd