Mexico will deport migrants from cities on its border with the United States and take measures to deter people from risking their lives trying to hitch a ride on cargo trains traveling to the northern border, the country’s immigration authority said.
The agency expects that the move will help “depressurize” the Mexican border cities of Ciudad Juárez, Piedras Negras, and Tijuana, and the border state of Tamaulipas, which have become overwhelmed by the recent surge of people seeking to illegally enter the United States.
As part of the agreement made during the meeting, CBP will hand over to the INM the illegal immigrants who have been expelled from the United States through the Ciudad Juárez International Bridge, and the Mexican government will “carry out negotiations with the governments of Venezuela, Brazil, Nicaragua, Colombia and Cuba so that they receive their compatriots.”
“In September alone, 189,000 migrants have been rescued, with an average of 9,000 per day,” the INM said in a statement. “People from 191 different nationalities are passing through Mexico, primarily from Venezuela, Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, Haiti and El Salvador.”
The Mexican agency didn’t specify when the deportations will start or how long they will last.
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