As the Trump administration prepares to ramp up deportations, Mexican border cities are scrambling to accommodate the influx of returning migrants. The Mexican government is constructing shelters and repurposing existing facilities to house deportees.
In an empty lot tight against the border with El Paso, Texas, cranes lifted metal frames for tent shelters in Ciudad Juárez. Nogales, Mexico — across from Arizona — announced that it would build shelters on soccer fields and in a gymnasium. The border cities of Matamoros and Piedras Negras have launched similar efforts. One man at the Tijuana border crossing shouted to journalists that he was being deported in a group arrested on Tuesday morning (US time) in farm fields near Denver.
Another man said he was in a group that had been brought from Oregon. Everyone carried their belongings in a small orange bag. Neither man’s account could be independently confirmed. Beyond the tents, the Mexican government is building nine shelters in border cities to receive deportees. It has said that it would also use existing facilities in Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez and Matamoros, to take in migrants whose appointments to request asylum in the US were cancelled on inauguration day. The preparations in Mexico came as it emerged that Trump will start deporting illegal immigrants without court hearings after granting immigration officers sweeping new powers. The Pentagon will begin deploying 1,500 active duty troops to the border in the coming days, with the forces expected to be used to support border patrol agents, with logistics, transportation and construction of barriers
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