DORAL, Fla.—At a key House GOP conference, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) suggested that other countries might do well to follow Colombia’s example of sending their presidential planes to pick up illegal aliens detained in the United States.
“We were happy to send them back,” Johnson told reporters on Jan. 27 at the Trump National Doral Miami, where House Republicans are meeting to discuss a reconciliation package along with other priorities.
The speaker’s message followed a brief but intense exchange between the government of Colombia and the United States over the return of Colombian deportees the United States sought to fly back to their home country….