Mexico says it accepted 39K deportees from the US, mostly Mexican nationals

Mexico has received astir 39,000 deportees from the United States successful the archetypal 100 days of President Donald Trump’s administration, according to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. 

More than 33,000 of the deported immigrants were Mexican nationals, Sheinbaum said connected Tuesday during her regular greeting property conference.

"Since President Trump's medication began, 38,757 person been deported [from the U.S. to Mexico], of which 33,311 are Mexicans and 5,446 are foreigners," Sheinbaum said. 

"The bulk of radical who are returning to Mexico are Mexicans, due to the fact that the U.S. government, done the Department of State, has agreements for them to instrumentality straight to their countries," Sheinbaum continued.

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Migrants locomotion successful a caravan bound for the bluish borderline with the U.S., successful Huehuetan, Mexico, connected Jan. 26, 2025. (Damian Sanchez)

For "humanitarian reasons," Mexico has "decided to judge radical of different nationalities, peculiarly those who travel from the bluish border" by land, the Mexican president said.

Fewer deportees of different nationalities were arriving successful Mexico due to the fact that the U.S. authorities has agreements with "practically each of those countries, and truthful they nonstop the planes straight to the countries wherever they are citizens," Sheinbaum said.

The Mexican president said astir of the Mexicans were flown from the U.S. and that the bulk of the foreigners accepted backmost into Mexico person since "voluntarily" chosen to instrumentality to their location countries. 

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Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, speaks during a briefing conference. Sheinbaum said Mexico has accepted 39,000 deportees from the U.S. (Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/LightRocket)

Mexican information shows that Mexico accepted astir 52,000 deportees from the U.S. successful February, March and April of past year, according to Reuters. Mexico, therefore, accepted less deportees from the U.S. from the commencement of Trump’s 2nd word compared to the aforesaid clip play past twelvemonth nether erstwhile President Joe Biden’s administration.

U.S.-Mexico borderline crossings person slowed nether the Trump administration, arsenic migrants – deterred by Trump’s promised borderline crackdown and wide deportation plans - person progressively abandoned their journeys northbound done Mexico and returned home, according to Reuters. 

Anticipating a imaginable influx of radical earlier this year, the Mexican authorities successful January began gathering ample encampments in Ciudad Juárez susceptible of lodging thousands of people, metropolis authoritative Enrique Licon antecedently told Reuters.

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President Donald Trump speaks during a gathering successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected April 14, 2025. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP )

"It's unprecedented," Licon said Tuesday of Mexico's program to physique structure and reception centers successful 9 cities southbound of the U.S.-Mexico border. 

The Mexican authorities besides organized fleets of buses intended to transport Mexican nationals from reception centers backmost to their hometowns. 

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Sheinbaum has consistently affirmed the country’s committedness to receiving and supporting its returned nationals, saying that "Mexican migrants are not criminals."

Sheinbaum's medication has besides launched the "México te abraza," oregon "Mexico embraces you," inaugural to connection deportees fiscal assistance, healthcare entree and transportation. In addition, Mexico has been creating thousands of jobs aimed astatine reintegrating migrants into the workforce, according to section outlets.

Fox News' Chris Pandolfo and Reuters contributed to this report.