According to the Los Angeles Times, Mexican authorities have repeatedly vowed to welcome back their citizens should the incoming Trump administration proceed with threats of large-scale deportations.
“It’s our obligation,” said President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has outlined plans to boost assistance for millions of Mexican citizens facing potential deportation from the United States — and increase aid for those forced back to Mexico.
But less clear, and more problematic, is how Mexico’s leaders will respond if, as expected, President-elect Donald Trump pressures them to accept deportees from other countries as well — either asylum seekers immediately sent back from the border or migrants living in the United States.
“This will be one of the first pressures facing Mexico,” said Eunice Rendón, a columnist and expert on migrant issues. “Donald Trump is going to want to send people who aren’t Mexicans back to Mexico, especially those from countries like Venezuela, with which the United States doesn’t have diplomatic relations.”
Mexico is under no legal obligation to take back noncitizens, even if many traveled through Mexico to reach U.S. territory. But in the past, it has relented under the threat of tariffs that could cripple its economy.
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