President Donald Trump signed an order to send 1,500 troops to the border with Mexico to counter “aggression”. The Pentagon said the military was sending planes and helicopters to support the evacuation. Mexican authorities have started to build huge tents in the city of Ciudad Juarez in preparation for the arrival of migrants deported from the United States, Reuters reports. Mexican authorities say they are prepared for the possibility of mass deportations, but independent commentators are skeptical.
As White House spokeswoman Carolyn Leavitt told reporters, Donald Trump “directed the Department of Defense to make homeland security the primary mission of the agency.” The new regulation talks about the use of the army to resist the “aggression” and physically prevent the migrants participating in this attack from crossing the border.
Acting Pentagon chief Robert Sales said in a statement that his department would provide planes and helicopters to support the deportation flights of more than 5,000 immigrants from California and Texas.
Trump has announced the largest deportation of illegal immigrants in US history, deporting millions of people from the country. According to the Mexican think tank El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF), about five million Mexicans are in the United States without the necessary documents.
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“Mexico Embraces You”
Along with the actions of the US, the Mexican government plans to build camps and reception centers for migrants in 9 cities in the north of the country. Under a government document called “Mexico Embraces You,” authorities will provide migrants with food, temporary housing, medical care and assistance in obtaining identity documents.
On Tuesday, city official Enrique Licon said tent camps in Ciudad Juarez, capable of housing tens of thousands of people, should be set up within days. He described this work as “unprecedented”.
Migrants at the Mexican-American border JUAN MANUEL BLANCO/PAP/EPA
Mexican Foreign Minister Juan Ramon de la Fuente discussed immigration and security in his first official phone conversation with new US Secretary of State Mark Rubio, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters on Wednesday.
Experts warn of ‘serious economic collapse’
Mexican authorities say they are prepared for the possibility of mass deportations, but independent commentators are skeptical. They fear that Trump’s measures could soon cover border towns, Reuters reported.
A retired University of California professor said that given weak economic growth forecasts this year, Mexico may struggle to absorb millions of U.S. citizens deported, and that the drop in remittances from Mexicans to the United States could pose a “serious problem” in some areas. “economic”. San Francisco teacher Diego Wayne Cornelius.
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