Colombian president urges illegal immigrants to return from US

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The president of Colombia is urging his fellow nationals living illegally in the United States to return home and contribute to the domestic economy instead.

President Gustavo Petro made the appeal via social media on Friday morning, less than a week after President Donald Trump forced him to accept repatriation flights under the threat of crippling tariffs.

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