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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Luis Skiyavoni. President Trump's hardline migration

policies have provoked a diplomatic spat with Colombia, one of Washington's closest allies.

Colombia's government is refusing to accept deportation flights, prompting Trump to threaten the country with sanctions.

Reporter John Otis has more.

During its first week in office, the Trump administration has carried out deportation flights to several Latin American countries.

But when it tried to send two plane loads of deportees to Colombia, President Gustavo Petro refused to accept them.

He cited the poor treatment of Brazilians, who were recently deported from the U.S. and arrived home in handcuffs.

A migrant is not a criminal and must be treated with dignity, Petro said on X.

In a post to social media,

Trump responded by threatening steep tariffs on Colombian exports, financial sanctions,

and visa restrictions on government officials and relatives of President Petro. For MPR news,

I'm John Otis in Bogota, Colombia. Some Republican lawmakers are defending President Trump's decision to fire multiple independent inspectors general on Friday

night roles tasked with overseeing government agencies. This even as Trump failed to provide

timely notice to Congress, NPR's Eleanor Moore has more.

GOP allies, like South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham,

acknowledged Trump should have notified Congress before firing the inspectors general.

Still, he told CNN's State of the Union that he backs the president's move.

The question is, is it okay for him to put people in place that he thinks

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