The United States and Colombia have signed a memorandum of understanding in Bogota that pave the way for the two countries to exchange the biometric data collected from immigrants.

On Thursday, the Minister of Internal Security, Christie Nom, visited the agreement on Thursday, to set the agreement as a step towards eliminating the immigration that is not documented to both countries.

In particular, it emphasized its benefits for Colombia, which is a repeated destination for immigrants and refugees, fleeing economic turmoil Political repression In the neighboring Venezuela.

“Spreading biometric capabilities in light of the biometric data partnership of the Ministry of Internal Security will help us influence by helping Colombia – and by helping the Colombian people discover criminals and terrorists from trying to cross their meters.”

“While we work together, the people of Colombia will be safer.”

The administration of US President Donald Trump has often highlighted the risk of undocumented immigration, and linked it to the crime.

But studies have repeatedly showed that uncomfortable immigrants in the United States tend to commit much less crimes than citizens born in the United States. For example, a study of funding from the National Institute of Justice found that uncomfortable persons are arrested at less than half the rate of citizens born in indigenous newborn due to violent crimes.

However, prominent incidents, including the killing of 2024, have demonstrated the killing of the Laken Riley nursing student by a Venezuelan immigrant, that he swore forces over the United States.

“We realize that there are dangerous criminals, organizational and developed disease and criminal organizations that we need to address together in order to end the horrific things that are made in our societies every day.”

Trump has repeatedly pledged to take action against unreasonable immigration, describing it as a “invasion” and a campaign on the “collective deportation” platform.

On the first day of his second term, Trump announced the Venezuelan Criminal Group Treen de Aragoa, a “foreign terrorist organization”, a designation that was eventually placed this month.

The law of foreign enemies for 1798 – a law in wartime – was also called for the deportation of the Venezuelan who accused them of being members of the gang in a maximum security prison in El Salvador.

However, its use of this law has been challenged in court, and a temporary bloc has been supported by its ability to exercise its powers Federal Appeal Court Thursday.

However, Trump’s campaign against unrelated immigration has gained criticism, including President Gustavo Petro in Colombia.

In January, a few days after Trump’s inauguration, Petro moved to social media to condemn the treatment of the US President for immigrants not documented from Colombia, noting the use of military restrictions and aircraft to return them to their homeland.

He ordered two American aircraft that were well wrapped.

Petro said: “The immigrant is not a criminal and must be treated with the dignity that a person deserves,” Petro said. “For this reason, US military aircraft carrying Colombian immigrants returned.”

This arrangement raised one of The first major diplomatic incidents From Trump’s second state as president.

Trump has responded to the threat of Colombia with 25 percent definitions, which will increase to 50 percent if Colombia does not agree to accept the deportees. Petro, Colombia The first left presidentUltimately decline.

At a signing ceremony on Thursday, Colombia Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia confirmed her country’s position on respecting immigrants.

She said that the memorandum signed by her government “will establish specific realistic measures” that would “ensure that human rights and dignity of migrants are already respected.”

Before Trump’s freezing on international aid, Colombia was The largest recipient We help in South America. He was also closely collaborating in the “drug war” of the United States.

However, some critics questioned the increasing use of the international vital information participation program, which is run by the US Department of Internal Security.

For example, the UK -based non -profit state has criticized the increasing exchange of biometric data between governments.

In the 2022 report, it concluded that such practices “likely to exacerbate current discriminatory practices” and simplifying the application of “division and exclusion and exclusion laws and policies.”