00:00The President of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, ordered migration in Colombia and the police to launch operations in Barranquilla
00:06this week to identify the poor foreigners with irregular status, prioritizing those in both terms.
00:12According to the President, this measure is related to the fight against organized crime.
00:16De la Espriella said that operations would focus on undocumented migrants, regardless of their nationality, and warned that he would
00:23not accept illegal migrants, no matter where they come from.
00:27This decision marks the tightening of Colombia's immigration policy and echoes policies of other far-right governments that seeks to
00:35criminalize migrants.
00:36This comes amid criticism over what communities describe as insufficient support in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck the
00:43Indian country.
00:49Let the coordinated operations with the police begin to track down illegal immigrants first.
00:54Those who are committing crimes, second, those whose immigration status is not in order, who will eventually have to be
01:02deported.
01:03I will not accept illegal immigrants, no matter where they come from, who are committing crimes in Colombia.
01:10They will leave, and we will deport them.
01:12It is a political decision, and I take responsibility for it.
01:16And it is an administrative decision.
01:18I take responsibility for it.
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