It Is Happening Every Day, Every Where
Days after the United States sent 300 migrants from Asia and the Middle East to Panama, a Panamanian official said that more than half had agreed to be deported to their countries of origin.
The administration has asked Panama to take in hundreds of people who can’t easily be sent back to their countries. Many say they are in danger.
Several Colombians whose visas were revoked were World Bank employees traveling in the United States at the time. They were deported.
The president’s confrontational foreign policy has created opportunity for his allies on K Street who are willing to take on clients he has targeted.
There were no Situation Room meetings and no quiet calls to de-escalate a dispute with an ally. Just threats, counterthreats, surrender and an indication of the president’s approach to Greenland and Panama.
“Whatever is needed at the border will be provided,” Pete Hegseth, the new defense secretary, told reporters.
The Department of Defense said this week that it would provide planes for deportation flights.
The plan, called “Mexico Embraces You,” seeks to reassure undocumented migrants facing expulsion. Some experts question if the government is really ready to reabsorb them.
More is coming, but many directives will take time to be implemented or will face political, legal or practical obstacles.
On Tuesday, President Claudia Sheinbaum responded point by point to President Trump’s executive orders on migration, trade and other issues.