This is evident from a video recording from a government meeting last Sunday.
"I will not accept illegal immigrants, no matter where they come from," the president is heard saying in the video, where he says that a process for deportations will begin this week.
The instructions to the migration authorities are clear: First those who commit crimes, then those who do not have valid status and who will need to be deported.
An estimated three million Venezuelans are in Colombia after fleeing the economic and political crisis in their homeland.
Trump-friendly de la Espriella took office on August 7, after a narrow election victory over left-wing candidate Iván Cepeda.
