Many congregants had come to receive the pastor's blessing and hear his guidance on how to deal with federal agents in case of raids stemming from President Trump’s crackdown on immigration.

Gustavo Petro was quickly brought to heel by President Donald Trump after the Colombian leader rejected several deportation flights from the U.S. He is now offering his presidential plane to help with the flights.

Gustavo Petro said the United States should not treat Colombian migrants as criminals and that he had already turned away U.S. military flights carrying deportees.

US President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro clash with fiery social media posts. But what about the people caught up in the diplomatic stoush?

President Donald Trump has imposed strict consequences for Colombia after it refused to accept deportation flights from the U.S.

Trump said Sunday that he was ordering tariffs, visa restrictions and other retaliatory measures to be taken against Colombia.

President Donald Trump has imposed a 25% tariff and a travel ban on Colombia after the South American nation's president refused to allow 160 deportees on two military planes to land in that country Sunday.

Trump said the Colombia's refusal jeopardized U.S. national security. He imposed tariffs on incoming goods, sanctions on government officials, enhanced border inspections of Colombian nationals, and banking and financial sanctions.

Donald Trump had ordered 25% tariffs on all Colombian goods after its president barred two US military deportation flights from landing in the country on Sunday. Colombian President Gustavo Petro had initially responded by saying his country would accept deportees on "civilian planes, without treating them like criminals".

The tit-for-tat battle with the South American nation underscores the febrile environment surrounding his determination to conduct the largest mass deportation in US history.

Mauricio Arellano, superintendent of the San Bernardino City Unified School District, which co-sponsored the Wednesday, Jan. 22, event, told the crowd of about 50 that all children in the U.S. have a right to a free public education — regardless of immigration status.