Last Monday, after Donald Trump assumed his second term as President of the United States, dozens of migrants were deported at the El Chaparral border port in Tijuana, a city adjacent to California. These individuals had already been in detention centers since the administration of Joe Biden (2021-2025). Some migrants shared that under Trump's strict protocols, no deportations had yet been recorded.
On Tuesday, approximately one hundred Mexican individuals were deported after being detained in cities such as Denver, Colorado, and Las Vegas, Nevada, leading to the belief that they could be the first deportees under Trump. However, on Wednesday morning, several of them returned to the El Chaparral border port, claiming that they had been detained in the United States for over a month.
A spokesperson for the National Institute of Migration (INM) reported that these individuals were part of those deported on Tuesday and returned to seek support to return to their places of origin. The Secretary of Government of Baja California, Alfredo Álvarez, confirmed that the deportations were not a result of the recent decrees of the U.S. presidency, but rather routine deportations.
He emphasized that they maintain communication with various entities to provide assistance to the deported migrants, within the framework of dignity and respect for human rights. Despite the measures announced by Trump, it is assured that the flow of repatriated individuals has not been altered so far.
The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, rejected Trump's measure to allow immigration raids in places previously considered protected, such as schools, colleges, and churches. Trump's decision to carry out a greater campaign of migrant deportations has caused concern in Mexico due to the large number of undocumented Mexicans in the United States and the impact of their remittances on the Mexican economy.
