US partners with Colombia to take on immigration using biometric technologies

The U.S. and Colombia person agreed to spouse up to deploy biometric capabilities to assistance authorities manage migration and halt transgression activity.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem met with Colombia Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia successful Bogota connected Thursday, wherever the 2 signed an statement to utilize biometric capabilities.

"Today we person signed a connection of intent for biometric cooperation, and it volition reaffirm our strong, and our resilient, and our enduring partnership," Noem said aft signing the agreement.

The statement comes conscionable months aft President Donald Trump and Colombia President Gustavo Petro clashed implicit the attraction of Colombians connected deportation flights from the U.S.

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In January, U.S. officials sent 2 flights of Colombian amerciable aliens backmost to their state of origin, though Petro rejected the flights, saying the U.S. cannot "treat Colombian migrants arsenic criminals."

Petro besides demanded the U.S. found protocol for the dignified attraction of migrants earlier his state receives them.

In response, Trump threatened to unleash a slew of punishments, including ordering a 25% tariff connected each goods coming into the U.S. from Colombia. After a week, Trump added, the tariffs would emergence to 50%. Trump besides ordered a question prohibition and visa revocations for each Colombian authorities officials, positive "allies and supporters."

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Ultimately, the 2 countries came to an statement and deportations resumed, though Petro has urged Colombian migrants to instrumentality home.

Noem acknowledged Colombia’s efforts to resume the repatriation of migrants, adding that the sharing of biometric information volition marque the practice betwixt the U.S. and Colombia much efficient.

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"We're going to fortify our determination information systems and marque definite that we're disrupting the question of threatening actors that perpetuate amerciable enactment and besides facilitate amerciable trafficking of migrants crossed the Western Hemisphere," she said. "Through this enlargement of sharing of biometric data, it volition beryllium overmuch much efficient, effective, accurate, and it volition besides physique practice that volition unfastened doors to caller ways that we tin proceed to enactment together."

The memorandum of knowing signed by some Noem and Sarabia is intended to fortify the sharing of migratory information, the second said, portion besides ensuring migrants’ dignity and rights are respected.

Noem was besides expected to conscionable with Petro during her visit.

Fox News Digital’s Andrea Margolis and Landon Mion, arsenic good arsenic Reuters contributed to this report.