After Petro prohibits flights for deportation, Trump imposes sanctions on Colombia. Bogota will stop US deportation flights until migrants receive "dignified treatment," according to President Gustavo Petro. After Bogota rejected two US military planes carrying migrants who were being deported as part of Trump's immigration crackdown, US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs and visa restrictions on Colombia. Trump posted on Truth Social, the social media network he owns, on Sunday that Washington will impose 25% "emergency tariffs" on all goods entering the US, which would be increased to 50% within a week. He also stated that government officials, along with their relatives and allies, will face "visa sanctions" and a "travel ban and immediate visa revocations" from his administration.
Petro's action "jeopardized the National Security and Public Safety of the United States," according to Trump's letter. Following Colombian President Gustavo Petro's declaration that his country would not allow flights transporting migrants deported from the United States until its administration establishes a procedure that treats them with "dignity," the retaliatory actions were taken. A news footage showing migrants who were allegedly deported to Brazil walking on a tarmac with their hands and feet restrained was included in one of Petro's two X posts announcing the decision. Petro stated that a migrant must be treated with the respect that every human being is entitled to since they are not criminals. "I returned the US military aircraft that were transporting Colombian migrants for that reason."
Petro went on to say that Colombians will be welcomed in his nation "without treatment like criminals" and on "civilian planes." Trump's border czar told ABC News earlier Sunday that he was certain that nations that were hesitant to repatriate their individuals would give in to pressure from the US. Homan stated that "if governments refused, we'll place them [migrants] in a third safe country," without naming which nations would be considered "safe." Deportation threats Trump may be headed for conflict with governments in Latin America, which is where many of the estimated 11 million undocumented migrants in the US originated, as a result of his promises to deport millions of unauthorized migrants.
Mexico consented to accept non-Mexican migrants who had been deported from the US during Trump's first term in office from 2017 to 2021 after Trump threatened to impose harsh trade sanctions. But in 2021–2025, Washington went back to sending non-Mexican migrants back to their home countries under US President Joe Biden. Two Air Force C-17 cargo planes that were transporting migrants who had been taken out of the United States landed in Guatemala on Friday. Two deportation planes carrying 193 individuals arrived in Honduras on the same day. Trump's administration is also deploying active-duty military personnel to carry out deportations as part of a rush of measures to fulfill his campaign pledges to tighten down on illegal immigra
tion.