The Trump administration had added extra inspections for passengers from Colombia as part of a pressure campaign. The effects lingered into Wednesday.
The Mexican government is rushing to raise tent cities for migrants deported from the U.S. Thousands of non-Mexicans now stranded in the country are overwhelming immigration officials as migrants continue to arrive from Central and South America.
There is no census, and migrants come and go, but the majority of people in La Soledad appear to be from Venezuela, the once-wealthy South American nation that has seen an exodus of more than 7 million amid an economic, social and political crackup.
The Trump administration's use of U.S. military aircraft to return deportees has raised alarms throughout Latin America.
ATOTONILCO DE TULA, Mexico — When Dayana Castro heard that the U.S. asylum appointment she waited over a year for was canceled in an instant, she had no doubt: She was heading north any way she could.
Mexico has agreed to expand support to other Latin American and Caribbean nations as part of a regional migratory response.
Trump said the measures were necessary because the Colombia president’s decision “jeopardized” U.S. national security.
Colombia has walked back from the brink of a damaging trade war with the United States, reaching an agreement on accepting deported migrants being returned on military planes,
ICE arrests are being carried out across the United States since Donald Trump's inauguration last week. Newsweek's live blog is closed.
Even if they take back the entirety of the Colombians residing in migrant hotels nationwide, Trump's other tariff proposals are still on the table.
Mexico has received non-Mexican migrants from the United States in the past week, and Central American nations could also reach similar agreements with the U.S. to accept deportees from other countries,