Mexico wants a deal with Trump to prevent the deportation of non-Mexicans

President Claudia Sheinbaum stated on Thursday that Mexico is seeking an agreement with the incoming government of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to prevent Mexico from receiving deportees from other countries in the event of widespread deportations from the United States.

JD Vance, Trump’s running mate, has suggested deporting one million individuals annually as part of his massive crackdown on illegal immigrants in the US.

In recent years, Mexico has been instrumental in carrying out U.S. immigration policy by taking in migrants from nations like Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela that the U.S. finds difficult to deport.

“We hope to reach an agreement with the Trump administration so that, in case these (mass) deportations happen, they send people from other countries directly to their countries of origin,” Sheinbaum stated at a news conference.

Mexico, according to the president, is “in solidarity with everyone, but our main purpose is to receive Mexicans.”

Sheinbaum did not explicitly state that Mexico will turn away foreign migrants.

Although Sheinbaum has maintained that the deportations are needless, citing the contribution Mexican migrants make to the American economy, Mexican officials are preparing for the arrival of a significant number of Mexicans who have been deported from the United States once Trump assumes office in January.

While in the United States, Mexican Foreign Minister Juan Ramon de la Fuente is scheduled to meet with personnel from the consulates in Oklahoma and Texas.

He will also visit a processing facility for Immigration and Customs Enforcement “to see firsthand the processes which should guarantee conditions and respect for the human rights of Mexicans being returned,” according to the foreign ministry.