Posted on February 3, 2025

Colombia’s President Calls for Migrants to Leave Jobs in the US and Return Home

Associated Press, January 31, 2025

Colombia’s president is calling on his compatriots working without legal status in the United States to leave their jobs and return home as soon as possible.

“Wealth is only produced by the working people,” Gustavo Petro said in an early morning post on the X platform. “Let’s build social wealth in Colombia.”

The leftist president said his government would provide loans to those who take up his offer to return home and enlist in one of its programs to start a business.

Petro made his comments following a bitter feud over immigration last weekend with U.S. President Donald Trump {snip}

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