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Latijns-Amerika worstelt met deportatiebeleid VS

By Phil Bainbridge

January 27, 2025 - Latin American leaders have been outraged by deportation flights of illegal immigrants from the U.S. – many of them shackled – with threats of tariffs and sanctions on U.S. allies in the region.

Colombian President Gustavo Patro had turned back U.S. military planes carrying illegal immigrants, in response to what was described as their “inhumane treatment” and demanded they be treated with “dignity and respect”. Colombia was still open to receiving deportees on non-military flights, as it has done before the Trump administration came to power. Brazil’s foreign ministry also complained of degrading treatment of its citizens after 88 arrived in the country in handcuffs.

In response, President Trump threatened to immediately impose a damaging 25% tariff on all Colombian imports, rising to 50% after a week, with financial sanctions and a travel ban on government officials. Critics have pointed out that Colombia is historically one of the United States’ longest standing strategic allies in the region.

The unauthorised immigrant population in the U.S. grew to 11 million in 2022, reversing a downward trend from 2007-2019, but below the peak of 12.2 million reached in 2007.

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PUBLISHED: 27/01/2025; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images
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