A new flight of deported Colombians arrived from the U.S. today, with passengers reporting mistreatment by U.S. immigration authorities. Credit: Juan Sebastian Cuellar / Colombia Presidency – Public Domain. A new flight carrying Colombians deported from the United States arrived in Bogota this morning. Those onboard said that they suffered mistreatment by U.S. immigration authorities, including inhumane handling and xenophobia. This is the first repatriation flight carrying deported Colombian migrants to arrive in the country since the start of the diplomatic crisis between President Gustavo Petro and President Donald Trump. Colombians deported from the US condemn mistreatment by ICE Earlier today, 110 Colombians deported from the U.S. arrived at the Catam military base near Bogota on a flight operated by the Colombian Air Force. After President Petro refused to allow the U.S. military to operate deportation flights of Colombian citizens, he pledged that Colombia would handle all deportation flights, making aircraft from the country’s Air Force – and even his presidential plane – available for the process. Testimonies reported by Colombian media outlet RCN Radio paint a grim picture of the treatment faced by irregular Colombian migrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “The way they treat migrants is awful. They strip us of our dignity, shackle us, and transport us in buses with the heat turned up to extreme temperatures. They don’t treat us like human beings. There’s always discrimination, just for being Latino,” said one of the Colombians who arrived this morning. “I was detained for 45 days, and they kept moving us from one detention center to another, shackled at the hands, feet, and waist. Many times, the treatment was truly degrading.” Another deported Colombian shared a similar account, citing extremely harsh detention conditions. “I spent a month and a half in the whole process. They put us in freezing cold cells, left us there, and slid food under the door. Sometimes they took us out, but all they gave us was sandwiches and water. I’m not a criminal – I lived in the U.S. for two years, but I lost my paperwork. I couldn’t complete the process, and during a routine stop, a cop arrested me, claiming I was a criminal,” he explained. Colombia is set to receive a massive influx of deported nationals over the next week, as President Trump enforces his campaign promise to roll back Biden’s border policies. Several Latin American countries, including Colombia, Mexico, El Salvador, and even Maduro’s Venezuela, have already pledged to cooperate with Trump’s immigration crackdown.