Mexico says it has received more than 150,000 deportees from the United States since the start of the Trump administration.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says that includes more than 140,000 Mexican deportees that came from the United States this year. In addition, she says her country has received close to 12,000 non-Mexican deportees from the United States.
The Mexican government hasn’t released a breakdown of the countries of origin for those people. In the past, Mexico has received deportees from countries with which the U.S. has strained diplomatic ties, like Venezuela.
This comes as President Donald Trump carries out immigration raids and deportations throughout the United States.
Meanwhile, the flows of migrants coming through Mexico toward the U.S.-Mexico border have dropped significantly this past year.
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The dip in the money immigrants send back to the country coincides with Trump administration immigration authority raids in the United States. -
Mexican Security Minister Omar García Harfuch said on social media Mexico has sent a total of 92 “high-impact criminals to the United States under the current Trump administration. -
Alejandro Rosales Castillo has been wanted for murder in North Carolina for nearly a decade. -
In a post, the State Department called Mexico’s progress on border security “unacceptable.” Meanwhile, Mexico’s president is calling on the United States to do more to stop the flow of firearms into her country. -
Arizona is considering pumping water from a desalination plant on the Gulf of California to boost its water supply, but would need buy-in from Mexico.
