US, Colombia clash over deportations

President Trump on Sunday vowed swift and punishing retaliation after the Colombian government over the weekend blocked the arrival of deportation flights from the U.S., objecting to the Trump administration's efforts to use military planes to deport migrants.

Earlier on Sunday, Petro said he rejected the deportation flights because the deportees were being transported in military aircraft, arguing such a move treated migrants as criminals.

"The United States must establish a protocol for the dignified treatment of migrants before we receive them," Petro wrote on social media. He added that he would accept deportation flights, as long as they were conducted on civilian planes.

Mr. Trump posted on social media on Sunday that his administration will put in place several actions against Colombia, including a 25% tariff — that he said will be raised to 50% after one week — on all goods coming into the U.S. from Colombia.

He also announced a travel ban and "immediate visa revocation" for Colombian government officials and "their allies," visa sanctions on Colombian authorities and their relatives and enhanced customs inspections on travelers and cargo from Colombia.

"These measures are just the beginning," Mr. Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. "We will not allow the Colombian Government to violate its legal obligations with regard to the acceptance and return of the Criminals they forced into the United States!" 

Colombian President Gustavo Petro in response posted on social media said to Mr. Trump "Your blockade doesn't scare me," and said he would respond to the raised tariffs in kind. In reference to the travel ban, Petro said, "I don't really like traveling to the U.S., it's a bit boring."

As part of that crackdown, President Trump has moved to vastly increase the role the U.S. military plays in immigration enforcement, declaring a national emergency to deploy an additional 1,500 Army soldiers and Marines to the southern border. The troops have been assigned to erect border barriers and help Customs and Border Protection.

A U.S. official told CBS that the Colombian migrants who were scheduled to be deported on Sunday on these planes are back in the U.S. and will remain in DHS custody until a new agreement is reached. 

Two U.S. officials told CBS News there were two Department of Defense planes with migrant deportees expected to land in Colombia on Sunday, after departing the San Diego area near the southern border. But those plans were scrapped overnight.

Meanwhile, the Government of Colombia has offered the use of its presidential plane to help facilitate the return of the migrants, but a senior Trump administration official said that would not be enough to stave off Mr. Trump's proposed tariffs and sactions.