The Trump administration had added extra inspections for passengers from Colombia as part of a pressure campaign. The effects lingered into Wednesday.

The country’s leader, Gustavo Petro, backed down after a clash with President Trump, which started when Mr. Petro turned back U.S. military planes carrying deportees.

The Department of Defense said this week that it would provide planes for deportation flights.

Many Latin American countries are trying to distance themselves from Beijing. But in response to President Trump’s sweeping deportation plans, Honduras is doing the opposite.

The plan, called “Mexico Embraces You,” seeks to reassure undocumented migrants facing expulsion. Some experts question if the government is really ready to reabsorb them.

The case of Guatemala reveals how President Trump’s promised sweeps could change life outside the United States, too.

Mexican officials and other leaders in the region have not been able to meet with the incoming administration about its migration and deportation plans.

Few took the president-elect’s combative comments at face value, but they still sent a shudder through a country that the United States has invaded before.

In pushing back against President-elect Donald J. Trump’s plan, President Xiomara Castro threatened that a base hosting U.S. troops could “lose all reason to exist in Honduras.”