Colombia has agreed to accept military aircraft carrying deported migrants from the US – avoiding a trade war between the two countries. Donald Trump had threatened sanctions on Colombia to punish it for initially refusing military flights following a rapid immigration crackdown. What are the challenges of deportation flights, and what’s Trump’s vision for Latin America? Freddy Gray is joined by Todd Bensman, Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, and author of ‘Overrun’.
CHAPTERS 00:00 – Introduction 00:50 – Colombia and US deportation flights 03:23 – Challenges of deportation flights 06:01 – The Darien Gap 12:21 – Trump vs Biden on border policies 16:41 – The geopolitics of Latin America 26:42 – Chinese migration trends