Responsibility of nations to take back their citizens illegally living: US admn

The Trump administration on Monday said that it is the responsibility of each nation to take back their citizens who are illegally present in the United States in a serious and expeditious mannerPresident Donald Trump has made it clear that under his administration America will no longer be lied to nor taken advantage ofrdquo Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a strongly worded statementldquoIt is the responsibility of each nation to take back their citizens who are illegally present in the United States in a serious and expeditious mannerrdquo Rubio said a day after confrontation with Colombia on the issue of taking back illegal immigrants from the USColombian President Gustavo Petro had authorised flights and provided all needed authorisations and then cancelled his authorisation when the planes were in the air he saidAs demonstrated by todayrsquos actions we are unwavering in our commitment to end illegal immigration and bolster Americarsquos border security On Sunday Colombian President Petro denied entry to US military planes carrying Colombian migrantsldquoThe US cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals I deny the entry of American planes carrying Colombian migrants into our territoryrdquo Petro said on X a move that angered TrumpldquoI was just informed that two repatriation flights from the United States with a large number of Illegal Criminals were not allowed to land in Colombia This order was given by Colombiarsquos Socialist President Gustavo Petro who is already very unpopular amongst his peoplerdquo an outraged Trump said on Truth Social a media platform owned by himPetrorsquos denial of these flights jeopardised the National Security and Public Safety of the United States Trump saidThe US President directed his administration to immediately take urgent and decisive retaliatory measures He ordered visa restrictions and 25 per cent tariffs on all Colombian incoming goods which would be raised to 50 per cent in one weekThe Colombian Government immediately responded by saying that it was sending a presidential plane for the dignified return of its people from the United StatesLater in the night the US paused sanctions and tariffs on Colombia after it agreed to accept all the terms of President Trump including accepting flights of deported migrants from America the White House said ldquoThe Government of Colombia has agreed to all of President Trumprsquos terms including the unrestricted acceptance of all illegal aliens from Colombia returned from the US including on US military aircraft without limitation or delayrdquo White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saidDepartment of Homeland Security in April 2024 said there were about 11 million illegal immigrants in the US in the year 2022 Mexico topped the list with 481 million illegal immigrants followed by Guatemala 750000 El Salvador 710000 Honduras 560000 Philippines 350000 Venezuela 320000 Colombia 230000 and Brazil 230000The DHS said there has been a sharp decline in illegal immigrants from India between 2018 and 2022 It says 220000 Indians were living in the US illegally at the end of 2022ldquoThe Indian population fell by 54 per cent or 260000 people from 480000 in 2018 to 220000 in 2022 while the Chinese population declined by 47 per cent or 180000 from 390000 to 210000rdquo DHS saidCalifornia and Texas remained the leading states of residence of the unauthorised population in 2022 with 26 million and 21 million people respectively together accounting for 42 per cent of the total unauthorised populationOther leading states were Florida 590000 New Jersey 490000 Illinois 420000 and New York 410000 The 10 leading states represented 72 per cent of the total unauthorised population in 2022From 2018 to 2022 the unauthorised population fell by nearly 100000 in Florida and 200000 in New York and increased by 110000 in Texas DHS saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever