MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico has received nearly 39,000 immigrants deported from the United States since the beginning of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, of which 33,000 are Mexicans, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday.
Speaking in her regular morning press conference, Sheinbaum said that although Mexico decided to accept non-Mexicans deported from the U.S. for “humanitarian reasons,” only a few thousand have been sent to Mexico since Trump took office in late January.
“Fewer and fewer people are arriving from other countries because the U.S. government has agreements with practically all nations,” Sheinbaum said.
Mexico has received fewer people deported from the U.S. since Trump took office than over the same period last year, when former U.S. President Joe Biden was in office.
Mexico received some 52,000 immigrants deported from the U.S. in February, March, and April last year, according to Mexican data.
The decrease, despite Trump’s vows of a mass deportation campaign, is driven by fewer migrants crossing the U.S. border.
Since Trump launched his border crackdown, migrants across Latin America have been giving up on their hopes of entering the U.S. and making their way back to their home countries.
(Reporting by Raul Cortes Fernandez and Diego Ore; Writing by Brendan O’Boyle; Editing by Rod Nickel)
