Daniel Oquendo, 33, remembers well the first words US border agents told him after he crossed the US-Mexico border on0.
U.S. President Trump said that his administration could impose a 25% tariff on Mexican exports. But will he actually act on his threat?
A brief standoff with Colombia holds important lessons for how future trade conflicts might unfold in the new Trump administration.
Donald Trump's plan for mass deportations of migrants from the United States is encountering its first obstacles. Colombia is the latest country to announce it will not accept planes with deportees. Earlier,
Colombia did an about-face at lightning-fast speed on accepting deportation flights in what President Donald Trump hailed as a victory for his "f--- around and find out" [FAFO] style of governing.
The Trump administration's use of U.S. military aircraft to return deportees has raised alarms throughout Latin America.
When Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, refused military planes carrying deportees, infuriating President Trump, he revealed how heated the question of deportations has become.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced that Colombia was suspending permission for previously authorized U.S. deportation flights to land in Colombia. Ostensibly driving Petro’s action were concerns that Colombian nationals were not being treated with respect during the deportation process because they were being transported by military aircraft.
Trump has vowed punishing tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China, which are Texas’ biggest international trading partners.
Colombia stopped resisting President Donald Trump’s deportation of its unwanted nationals. But America First bullying may yet provoke a backlash. The row casts a pall over the first trip abroad by Marco Rubio,
President Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday to build a massive facility at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba to house deported migrants—following an escalation across the country in recent days as part of what Trump has promised would be the “largest deportation operation” in U.S. history.