Colombian President Gustavo Petro has urged all illegal aliens residing in the United States to return home.
In a post on the X platform, Petro promised all those who leave the U.S. “productive loans” that he said will help return the country to prosperity.
He wrote:
I ask undocumented Colombians in the US to immediately leave their jobs in that country and return to Colombia as soon as possible.
Wealth is produced only by working people.
The Department of Social Prosperity, DPS, will seek to provide productive loans to returnees who enroll in its programs.
Let’s build social wealth in Colombia.
Le solicito a las colombianas y colombianos sin documentos en EEUU dejar sus trabajos de inmediato en ese país y retornar a Colombia lo más pronto posible
La riqueza la produce solo el pueblo trabajador.
El Departamento de Prosperidad Social, DPS, buscará entregar créditos…
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) January 31, 2025
The suggestion comes less than a week after he was forced into a humiliating U-turn by Donald Trump.
After initially refusing to accept a deportation flight from the U.S. on the grounds that the “dignity” of his fellow citizens was being violated, Petro folded like a cheap suit when Trump threatened to impose tariffs and sanctions on those affiliated with the Colombian government.
“The Government of Colombia has agreed to all of President Trump’s terms, 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,” Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
The Government of Colombia has agreed to all of President Trump’s terms pic.twitter.com/mQocusSGOC
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) January 27, 2025
While Petro did not explicitly admit defeat, he acknowledged it by reposting the statement from Leavitt on his X profile.
A significant proportion of America’s illegal alien population comes from Colombia, as well as other socialist Latin American countries, including Venezuela and Nicaragua.
Petro’s position is quite a turnaround from what he was saying last year.
In December, he threatened to send “millions” of migrants through the Darien Gap towards the U.S. if Trump followed through on his pledge to retake the Panama Canal.
“Until the last consequences I will be on the side of Panama and the defense of its sovereignty,” he said at the time.
“If the new US government wants to talk business, we will talk business, face to face, and for the benefit of our people, but dignity will never be negotiated.”
President Trump has made a mistake and contradicted himself,” he continued. If he does not want myriads crossing the Darien, increased by millions from Panama to Mexico, he must understand that it will depend on the prosperity and freedom of our peoples.
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