Officials in Mexican border towns say they’re opening up additional shelter space to prepare for the possibility of mass deportations under the new Trump administration.
According to the publication Border Report, Baja California Gov. Marina Del Pilar Avila Olmeda told reporters in Tijuana this week that 25 migrant shelters are opening in anticipation of next year.
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to enact mass deportations for the roughly 13 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S.
Details on how that plan would look are still in flux. But Avíla Olmeda told the Border Report that officials in Mexico are taking the threat seriously. The shelters will house Mexican citizens who are deported from the U.S.
They are slated to open when Trump officially takes office on Jan. 20.
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