By Kylie Madry and Ted Hesson
MEXICO CITY -Mexico is in search of an settlement with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to make sure Mexico doesn’t obtain deportees from third nations in case of large-scale deportations from the United States, President Claudia Sheinbaum mentioned on Thursday.
Trump has promised an unlimited crackdown on immigrants residing illegally within the United States, and his working mate JD Vance has floated deporting 1 million individuals a 12 months.
Mexico has performed a key function in implementing U.S. immigration coverage in recent times, accepting migrants from nations to which the U.S. struggles to deport individuals, corresponding to Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
The Trump transition workforce has mentioned deporting migrants to locations aside from their house nation if these nations is not going to settle for them, two sources conversant in the matter instructed Reuters.
The doable locations might embody Panama, Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas, and Grenada, one of many sources mentioned, confirming an NBC News report.
The Bahamas mentioned in a press release on Thursday it had obtained such a request however that it had been “reviewed and firmly rejected.”
The governments of Turks and Caicos, Panama and Grenada didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
In late October, Trump’s border czar Tom Homan instructed Reuters that sending migrants to different nations, together with Mexico, can be an possibility.
The Trump transition didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Sheinbaum didn’t say outright that Mexico would refuse migrants from different nations however did say her authorities would look to keep away from it.
“We hope to achieve an settlement with the Trump administration in order that, in case these deportations occur, they ship individuals from different nations on to their nations of origin,” Sheinbaum instructed a press convention.
The president mentioned Mexico was “in solidarity with everybody, however our fundamental function is to obtain Mexicans.”
U.S. authorities estimates recommend practically half of immigrants residing within the U.S. illegally are Mexican.
Mexican officers are bracing for the arrival of huge numbers of Mexicans deported from the U.S. as soon as Trump takes workplace in January although Sheinbaum has argued the deportations are pointless, pointing to the contribution made by Mexican migrants to the U.S. financial system.
Mexican Foreign Minister Juan Ramon de la Fuente is at the moment within the United States. He is ready to tour an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing heart “to see firsthand the processes which ought to assure circumstances and respect for the human rights of Mexicans being returned,” the overseas ministry mentioned.
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