Mexico President Wants Trump to Deport Non-Mexicans Directly to Their Home Countries

Trump’s team has reportedly been seeking alternative countries willing to take in deportees whose home countries refuse to take them back.
Mexico President Wants Trump to Deport Non-Mexicans Directly to Their Home Countries
Illegal immigrants board a U.S. Border Patrol van after crossing into the United States from Mexico through a gap in the border wall between Algodones, Mexico, and Yuma, Ariz., on May 16, 2022. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she hopes to reach an agreement with the United States to deport non-Mexicans directly to their countries of origin without first going through her country.

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to deport large numbers of illegal immigrants. While Sheinbaum stopped short of explicitly stating that Mexico would refuse migrants from other countries, she did say her government would look to avoid it.