One plane, flying from San Diego, California, brought home 110 Colombians and the other, which departed from El Paso, Texas, brought home 91, the Colombian Foreign Ministry said on X.
The year ended with the lowest number of migrant encounters along the U.S.-Mexico border in a long time, with San Diego no longer the busiest crossing route in December as traffic spiked in Texas, according to the latest data from U.
The Coast Guard started flying migrants to states along the border on Saturday. The Air Force is assigned to fly them out of the country.
The U.S. and Colombia pulled back from the brink of a trade war on Sunday after the White House said the South American nation had agreed to accept military aircraft from San Diego carrying deported migrants.
In the same month that multiple fires devastated Los Angeles County, the Border 2 Fire sparked and set over 6,000 acres ablaze in San Diego County, prompting more evacuation orders, according to officials.
San Diego and Chicago leaders have vowed to defy Tom Homan by protecting undocumented migrants from deportation.
The fires come as San Diego County mountains and valleys, along with other parts of Southern California, remain under a red flag warning.
Trump ended use of a border app to allow migrants to enter the country on two-year permits with eligibility to work, canceling tens of thousands of appointments into early February for people stranded in Mexico. Nearly 1 million people entered the U.S. at land crossings with Mexico by using the CBP One app.
Matt Seidler, a brother of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler, accuses his sister-in-law, Sheel Kamal Seidler, of misconstruing her late husband's instructions over which family member ought to run the Padres.
While the Mountain West has rebuilt itself with the additions of UTEP and Hawaii as full members; UC Davis and Grand Canyon as non-football members; and Norther
The Wolf Pack went up against two of the better teams in the Mountain West last week and, well, played like a random middle-aged fan yanked out of the stands for a half-court shot at halftime. It wasn't pretty or even mildly entertaining and even touched on sad and disturbing at times as the Pack got blown out by Utah State (90-69 on the road) and San Diego State (69-50 at Lawlor Events Center).