Brazil and Colombia Object to Migrant Deportation Flights

-Jornal do Brasil

Deportation flights of illegal migrants has begun this week. Already, Colombia and Brazil are objecting to flights to their countries. It is their position that these returns must be coordinated better between the US and their countries. Colombia has announced it will not allow further flights to land and Brazil is complaining that its nationals were handcuffed during the flight. 

This is a newsworthy issue. We will be monitoring the news media in these countries as well as Mexico and others impacted by this action. While I fully support the removal of criminal illegal aliens who pose a danger to the public, it is important that the proper diplomatic agreements be in place. Surely, the countries were notified of the flights in some way, but I am confident that we can reach agreements with friendly countries. What happens with Venezuela may be another story altogether.

The below article from the Brazilan daily, Jornal do Brasil is translated from Portuguese to English by Fousesquawk.

"We cannot tolerate the violation of human rights," says the minister on the deportations from the USA.

"We cannot tolerate the violation of human rights," says the minister about the deportations from the USA. The statement from Macae Evaristo, Minister of Human Rights, was given in a video posted by the federal government about the matter. In a released video, deported Brazilians also commented about the situation they faced and also about the reception offered by the government. 88 Brazilians were on the flight charted by the North American government destined for Belo Horizonte which had to make a forced landing in Manaus.