Sheinbaum says Mexico is in dialogue with Latin American countries to receive possible deportees from Trump

The Mexican Government is talking with other Latin American countries so that directly receive the next deported migrants by the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, instead of accepting them in Mexico, the president, Claudia Sheinbaum, revealed this Thursday.

“Yes, Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente is talking to some other countries whose inhabitants cross the national territory to reach the northern border.“The president responded in her morning conference when questioned about whether the Government is talking to other nations to receive the deportees.

The Mexican leader reiterated “the insistence to the United States that repatriation be done to the different countries of origin,” instead of expelling them to Mexico.

“The chancellor, he is going to explain it, but (he is speaking) with several countries, particularly in Central Americaand we will always be close, because although we have a trade agreement with the United States and Canada (the T-MEC), we will always be close to Latin America,” Sheinbaum commented without further details.

The country is concerned about the mass deportations promised by Trump because Mexicans are close to half of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States and their remittances represent almost 4% of Mexico’s gross domestic product (GDP), which this year would receive an estimated record of 65 billion dollars.

Furthermore, although the daily encounter of undocumented immigrants at the United States border has decreased by 75% since December 2023, the Government of Mexico detected a record of more than 925,000 irregular migrants from January to August, a year-on-year increase of almost 132%. .

Sheinbaum has promised solidarity with migrants from Latin Americabut he has warned that his priority will be to serve deported Mexicans.

“Of course we are going to continue defending Mexican men and women in the United States, it is our responsibility, and in the event of deportations, we will prepare to welcome them,” he now reaffirmed.

With information from EFE.

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