Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday that her administration is working with other countries in Central America to coordinate in case of mass deportations next year.
Sheinbaum said during her regular morning press conference that her secretary of foreign affairs is in touch with Central American countries ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next month.
Trump has promised mass deportations once he takes office.
Sheinbaum said Mexico will continue to ask the U.S. to deport third country deportees directly back to their country of origin, rather than to Mexico.
In the past, the U.S. had sent non-Mexican deportees to Mexico in cases where strained diplomatic relations make it difficult to send a deportation flight directly to that country.
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Cattle from Mexico have been barred from the United States for most the past year to prevent the parasite from entering. Ranchers in Sonora say this method was a mistake. -
Mexico’s foreign secretary says 14,000 Mexican nationals remain in immigration detention in the United States as Mexico pursues consular and legal action. -
The move comes after a nearly yearlong ban of Mexican cattle into the United States to protect against the New World screwworm parasite. -
The San Luis port of entry from Sonora, Mexico, is Arizona’s westernmost border crossing, and could see delays for four to five months starting later this month. -
No cases of the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite have been reported in Arizona, but USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in the state has recommendations for ranchers to protect against it.
