
The first major international challenge to Donald Trump’s deportation plans came on Sunday, when Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro refused to allow a military plane of manacled illegal intruders on American soil to land and disgorge its fettered cargo. Petro denounced the repatriation attempt and proclaimed that he would not see Colombian citizens “treated like criminals” for having violated American immigration law. In response, Donald Trump immediately announced on social media that the U.S. would be implementing an aggressive wave of retaliatory measures: Petro’s denial of these flights has jeopardized the...