Mexico Embraces You” initiative will accept Mexican nationals deported from the U.S. at tent camps, while deportees from other nationalities will be transferred to the city’s largest shelter.
Mexico was raising sprawling tents on the U.S. border Wednesday as it braced for President Donald Trump to fulfill his pledge to reverse mass migration.
Migrants in Mexico who were hoping to come to the U.S. are adjusting to a new and uncertain reality after President Donald Trump began cracking down on border security.
President Donald Trump's promises of mass deportations, which could bring batches of new arrivals fresh off the border bridges into Juárez, has Mexican law enforcement preparing to keep watch for potential trouble.
Four tents are being erected in what’s known as El Punto in Ciudad Juárez across the border from El Paso to temporarily house Mexican migrants deported from the U.S. under the Trump administration.
Ahead of the inauguration, migrant shelters south of the Rio Grande are far from full, a reflection of the tougher measures imposed on both sides of the border.
Migrants who waited months to cross the U.S. border with Mexico learned their CBP One appointments had been canceled moments after Donald Trump was sworn in as president.
Data shows birthright citizenship hasn't changed much since 2000 as Trump wants to end it for children of illegal immigrants.
In Tijuana, meanwhile, Mexican soldiers are helping to prepare for the consequences of it. The authorities have readied an events centre called Flamingos with 1,800 beds for the returnees and troops bringing in supplies, setting up a kitchen and showers.
The Mexican government plans to establish nine reception areas for deportees in Mexico's six northern border states over the coming weeks.
Authorities said the tunnel is supported by wooden beams, equipped with electricity and has a ventilation system.
Mexican authorities have begun constructing giant tent shelters in the city of Ciudad Juarez to prepare for a possible influx of Mexicans deported under U.S. President Donald Trump's promised mass deportations.