Colombia’s president calls for migrants to leave jobs in US and return home

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro arrives at the opening ceremony of COP16 in 2024 (Fernando Vergara/AP)

Colombia’s president is calling on his compatriots working without legal status in the US to leave their jobs and return home as soon as possible.

“Wealth is only produced by the working people,” Gustavo Petro said in an early morning post on X, formerly Twitter.