Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Monday that China will accept repatriation of Chinese nationals who illegally entered the United States.

Mao was responding to a question about Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s disastrous, and quickly reversed, attempt to turn back the first deportation flights from the Trump administration.

“As a matter of principle, the Chinese government firmly opposes any form of illegal immigration activities. We have also carried out pragmatic coope