Mexico detains 475,000 migrants since October, as President-elect Trump pressures Mexico with tariff threats over illegal border crossings.
Mexican security forces have detained about 475,000 irregular migrants since October, authorities said on Friday, as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatens Mexico with tariffs unless it stops illegal migrants from arriving at the shared border.
Nearly half a million migrants being detained between October 1 and December 26 suggests measures intensified towards the end of the year.
Since the start of the year, some 900,000 migrants have been detained, the government said earlier this month. "We think it's a model that works, that can always be improved, but that has responded very satisfactorily to this (migration) phenomenon," Foreign Minister Juan Ramon de la Fuente said on Friday.
Speaking alongside President Claudia Sheinbaum at her regular press conference, he said the number of migrants detained at the shared border fell 81% in mid-December when compared to a year earlier.
Israel Ibarra, a researcher on immigration issues at the Colegio de la Frontera Norte, said the increase in detentions was in part due to "the commitment to reduce the transit of people in mobility through Mexico and to the United States" made by Sheinbaum in a recent call with Trump.
The call between Sheinbaum and Trump took place in late November after the Republican threatened to impose a 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada if those countries do not stop the arrival of drugs, mostly fentanyl, and migrants.
The U.S. government is introducing financial incentives for undocumented migrants to leave the country voluntarily, aiming to reduce detentions and deportation costs.
Dozens of Venezuelan migrants have been repatriated from the U.S. under a bilateral agreement with Caracas.
The Trump administration has revoked protections that shielded Afghans and Cameroonians from deportation, declaring conditions in their home countries no longer warrant the status.
Hundreds of thousands of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela face possible deportation next month as the U.S. moves to revoke their legal protections.
U.S. officials highlighted new barriers and military support at U.S.-Mexico border near San Ysidro, citing a drop in illegal crossings.
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Russian drone strikes and shelling have impacted multiple regions in Ukraine, causing injuries and damage to residential areas and infrastructure.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to participate in an informal NATO foreign ministers meeting in Türkiye, focusing on strategies to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
The United States and Iran have concluded a fourth round of mediated talks in Muscat, Oman, showing signs of progress as both nations prepare for the next phase of negotiations.
The United States and China have entered the second day of high-stakes tariff negotiations in Geneva, with no significant breakthroughs yet, but U.S. President Donald Trump is optimistic about progress.
Over 100 people have died after severe flooding struck a village near Lake Tanganyika in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), exacerbating the region's ongoing challenges.
Russian drone strikes and shelling have impacted multiple regions in Ukraine, causing injuries and damage to residential areas and infrastructure.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to participate in an informal NATO foreign ministers meeting in Türkiye, focusing on strategies to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
The United States and Iran have concluded a fourth round of mediated talks in Muscat, Oman, showing signs of progress as both nations prepare for the next phase of negotiations.
The United States and China have entered the second day of high-stakes tariff negotiations in Geneva, with no significant breakthroughs yet, but U.S. President Donald Trump is optimistic about progress.
Over 100 people have died after severe flooding struck a village near Lake Tanganyika in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), exacerbating the region's ongoing challenges.
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