The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, announced today Friday that 13,455 people have been deported from the United States since Donald Trump began his second presidential term and initiated a series of measures against undocumented migration.
In her daily press conference from the National Palace in Mexico City, the president detailed that 10,485 of the returnees are Mexican and 2,970 are foreigners. In addition, she mentioned that for humanitarian reasons, people from other countries are being received who voluntarily decide whether to stay in Mexico under certain conditions or be repatriated to their countries.
Sheinbaum reported that, so far, about 500 of the deported nationals already have jobs through the government strategy called "Mexico Embraces You." At the same time, they are provided with medical attention, and the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) has granted 391 social security numbers to these individuals.
Currently, Trump is carrying out mass deportations of illegal immigrants, as he promised during his campaign. According to the Mexican foreign ministry, there are 38.4 million Mexicans in the United States, of which 11.5 million are first generation (4.8 million of whom are undocumented) and 26.9 million are second generation.
