Monday, January 6, 2025 - Mexico has opened the possibility of receiving non-Mexican migrants deported by the United States after initially saying they would push President-elect Donald Trump to return other nationalities directly to their countries of origin.
President Claudia Sheinbaum said during a press briefing that in cases
where the US would not return migrants to their countries “we can collaborate
through different mechanisms.”
She did not offer details, but Mexico could limit it to certain
nationalities or request compensation from the US to move the deportees from
Mexico to their home countries.
“There will be time to speak with the United States government if these
deportations really happen, but we will receive them here, we are going to
receive them properly and we have a plan,” she said.
Trump has promised to begin massive deportations. Critics have observed
that there will be logistical challenges to significantly ramping up from the
already high deportation numbers.
Mexico, like any other country, is not obligated to accept non-Mexican
migrants, but it has agreed to do so recently especially from countries like
Cuba and Venezuela, which often refuse deportation flights from the United
States, but may accept them from Mexico.
Mexico temporarily stopped deportations in December 2023 due to a lack
of funds and they were substantially reduced during 2024 compared to 2023 and
2022.
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