Politics Mexico builds camp for migrants deported from the USA
Due to the mass deportations of migrants announced by US President Donald Trump, neighboring Mexico is building large reception camps on the border. In the city of Ciudad Juárez opposite the Texan city of El Paso, workers erected meter-high steel structures for temporary camps. Pope Francis celebrated mass at the same location during a visit to Mexico in 2016.
23.01.2025, 07:24
23.01.2025, 07:25
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A total of nine temporary shelters for thousands of deported Mexican migrants are to be built along the approximately 3,200-kilometre-long border. Soldiers are to operate field kitchens there. The authorities are to provide the migrants with identity papers.
"Mexico embraces you" plan
The shelters are part of the "Mexico Embraces You" program, with which Mexico's government is preparing for the mass deportations announced by Trump. Trump wants to take rigorous action against immigrants who enter the country illegally or are already in the USA without residence status.
The situation in northern Mexico is tense. Numerous migrants from Central and South America who have already reached the border are stuck there. Their previously arranged appointments with the CBP border authorities for legal entry were canceled on Monday immediately after Trump's inauguration.
