The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, rejected on Friday the treatment of migrants as criminals following the announcement by Donald Trump, President of the United States, about the establishment of 30,000 beds at the Guantanamo naval base in Cuba to detain undocumented immigrants. In her morning conference, the Mexican leader stated: "We do not agree with the treatment of migrant people as criminals, and we will always seek for international law and the protection of human rights to prevail."
Sheinbaum responded to Trump's announcement on Wednesday, where he informed that he would sign an executive order for the Pentagon to set up tens of thousands of beds to detain undocumented immigrants at the base, where the U.S. government is already sending intercepted migrants at sea, mainly from Cuba and Haiti. The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, labeled the announcement as an "act of brutality."
In the context of this situation, Sheinbaum highlighted that it has not been necessary to address respect for deported migrants to Mexico, as only two cases of alleged human rights violations have been reported among the 6,244 deported individuals received in the first two weeks of Trump's administration in the United States. The president emphasized: "It has not been necessary because, as I tell you, there is coordination on the migration issue, and they should know that what we prioritize is the respect for our compatriots and their human rights, as well as national sovereignty, and within that framework, we collaborate, cooperate, and engage."
