Governors in Mexico's northern border states have begun preparations for President-elect Donald Trump's planned mass deportation campaign. Mexico's president has told state governors to expect migrants expelled from the United States to be admitted in February.
After Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum held a security meeting with the country's 32 state governors on December 10, border region governors expressed concerns about the reality of mass deportations after Donald Trump takes office in January. We have begun preparing for this possibility. In the border state of Coahuila, Governor Manolo Jiménez Salinas met with officials from both sides of the border to discuss and plan for an influx of migrants back to Mexico.
During the Acapulco conference in early December, Mexican President Sheinbaum specifically warned governors of border states about the possibility of mass removals and the need to begin preparations. According to report in el paisSpanish-language news agency Sheinbaum warned northern states that deportations could begin as early as February. Nuevo León Governor Samuel García said of the meeting: “We did not discuss a specific strategy for deportation, but rather that we are ready if deportation begins in February.” Ta.
On Friday, Coahuila Governor Manolo Jimenez Salinas hosted a meeting with Mayor Norma Trevino of Piedras Negras, a border city directly across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass, Texas, representatives of the Coahuila state government, and the Mexican Army. Representatives from the National Guard, the Mexican Army, and the U.S. Border Patrol. Other security issues were also discussed, but key topics included future coordination between the U.S. and Mexico at repatriation points for deportees returned to Mexico as part of the Trump administration's mass removal plan. .
The meeting also focused on issues related to working with Mexican consular officials in the United States to address sensitive cases involving unaccompanied migrant children and other vulnerable migrants. Ta. A Customs and Border Protection official who was not authorized to speak to the media said the situation at the Southwest border is likely to change rapidly after Trump takes office. This should come as no surprise to Mexican authorities.
“Between the Remain in Mexico program and repatriations under Title 42, Mexican border states returned thousands of people every day. Now they're dealing with only a fraction,” a source told Breitbart Texas. spoke. The official said most Mexican border agents had served in some capacity during the Trump administration, when conditions were different, and thousands of people are being returned to Mexico each day, marking the lowest level of border crossings on record. It is said that it led to
The Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as the Remain in Mexico program, began in January 2019 and was used by the Trump administration to return nearly 70,000 immigrants to Mexico. Returned migrants were forced to wait in Mexico rather than being released to the United States to await their asylum hearings. With few exceptions, the migrants remained in Mexican border cities, asking local authorities for housing and food during the lengthy removal process.
Officials say nearly 25,000 immigrants entered Mexico under Title 42 (COVID-19 Emergency Removal Authority) during the first two months of the Pandemic Emergency Removal Program in March and April 2020. He is said to have been repatriated. “While that authority is unlikely to return absent a future pandemic, the memory of large-scale migrant returns along the southwest border is not far away for Mexican authorities. Preparing in Mexico for what is to come is Everyone is smart,” the source stressed.
Randy Clark He is a 32-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol. Prior to his retirement, he served as Division Chief of Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for nine Border Patrol stations within the Del Rio, Texas area. Follow him at X (formerly Twitter) @RandyClarkBBTX.
