The White House has reached an agreement with Colombia, which will now accept all Colombian illegal immigrants being deported by the United States, including those on U.S. military plans.
“The Government of Colombia has agreed to all of President Trump’s terms,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on X, “including the unrestricted acceptance of all illegal aliens from Colombia returned from the United States, including on U.S. military aircraft, without limitation or delay.”
As an understanding has been reached, Leavitt said, the United States will hold in reserve the 25 percent tariffs that were announced by President Donald Trump earlier on Sunday, “unless Colombia fails to honor this agreement.”
The tariffs and sanctions were “fully drafted” but not yet signed, she said.
The leaders of Colombia and the United States were considering escalating into a toe-to-toe tariff war on Sunday, when Colombian President Gustavo Petro responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s announced tariff of 25 percent with his own 50 percent tariff.
Trump’s tariff—which was to increase to 50 percent in a week—was triggered earlier on Sunday by Colombia’s refusal to allow two U.S. military planes carrying illegal immigrants from Colombia to land. There was no immediate executive order from the White House issued on the tariffs.
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