Mexico plans to open more asylum sites for migrants deported by Trump

Mexico is preparing to take back its citizens living in the US illegally – and officials are planning to open more than 12,000 beds in shelters across the country for new arrivals.

25 planned shelters — each of which will have the capacity to hold 500 people — will open their doors on President-elect Trump’s Inauguration Day, Baja California Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda announced Monday, According to border report,

“This is a strategic plan to accommodate people who will be deported specifically after January 20,” Olmeda said.

Olmeda said she takes Trump’s threat of mass deportation seriously.

He said, “From what we know, he threatened to do this throughout his campaign, and since he was already President of the United States, we believe that this time when it comes to deportation he will He’ll be tougher.” “We are working to get ready and receive our migrants.”

The shelters are only for Mexican citizens who have been deported back to their home country. They will not house migrants deported from elsewhere.

“The shelters that are being planned are for people who are being deported who are coming from the North to the South, but no foreigners, only Mexicans, it must be made clear – Mexicans have their “They will be welcomed back into the country and their human rights will be respected.” Olmeda explained.

The five shelters will be located just south of San Diego, the busiest area for illegal immigration along the US-Mexico border. Two others will be installed south of El Centro, California, according to Border reports.

The shelters will simply hold the migrants for a few days before returning them to their hometowns.

Each building will house either men, women, unaccompanied children or families.

last month, Trump said, the newly elected President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum pledged to “stop emigration” from her country to the United States.

“Just had a very nice conversation with Mexico’s new President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo,” Trump wrote on Truth Social,

“She has agreed to halt migration into Mexico and the United States, effectively closing our southern border,” he said.

However, Sheinbaum later took a different turn to the conversation.

“In our conversation with President Trump, I told him about the comprehensive strategy that Mexico has adopted to deal with the migration phenomenon while respecting human rights.” written on x,

“Thanks to this, migrants and caravans are assisted before they reach the border. “We reiterate that Mexico’s position is not to close the borders but to build bridges between governments and people.”