The White House said Sunday night that the U.S.-Colombia agreement comes together after a back-and-forth between the two countries on topics including immigration and tariffs.
“The Government of Colombia has agreed to all of President Trump’s terms, including unrestricted acceptance of all Colombian illegal aliens returning from the United States, including on U.S. military aircraft,” said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. I sent an email to the Hill late Sunday.
“Under this agreement, the full draft IEEPA Tariffs and Sanctions will not be signed unless Colombia honors this agreement,” she added. “The visa sanctions and enhanced customs and border protection checks issued by the Department of State will remain in effect until the first planned load of Colombian deportees is successfully returned.”
On Sunday night, Colombian President Gustavo Petro reposted Leavitt’s statement on the social platform X.
Earlier that day, Petro opposed “the entry of American planes carrying Colombian immigrants into our territory.” Trump later followed Petro on his Truth About Social platforms. , could not land in Colombia with many illegal criminals.”
“The order has already made Colombia’s socialist president, Gustavo Petro, very unpopular among his people,” he added.
Trump added that the Colombian president’s “denial of this flight has put the national security and public safety of the United States at risk” and proposed a -25% tariff and a “travel ban for Colombian officials and all allies and supporters.”
Petro ordered the raising of import tariffs on American goods in response to Trump’s tariffs and sanctions. “I have instructed the Secretary of Foreign Trade to increase U.S. import tariffs by 25 percent,” he said Sunday at X’s post.
The Hill has contacted the Colombian government for comment.
