Mexican Authorities Are Busing Migrants Deported From The U.S. Away From The Border

A week since being inaugurated for a second presidential term, Donald Trump's mass deportation plan is well under way, carrying out more than 2,500 arrests to alleged undocumented immigrants across the country.

With deportation flights and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids now on full effect, third countries are now taking responsibility for the well-being of those deported by U.S. officials. That is why Mexican authorities are immediately placing migrants on buses and driving them south, away from the border.

According to Border Report, U.S. authorities removed dozens of migrants through a border crossing in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on Jan. 24 and Mexican authorities used two charter buses to transport Venezuelan nationals to Mexico City.

Official said each bus can accommodate 50 passengers and that both buses were full. The outlet reached out to Mexican and U.S. officials for comment but did not immediately receive an official response.

According to reports, deportations of Mexican nationals have taken place every day since Jan. 20, the day of Trump's inauguration. In response, authorities in Mexico have built a massive tent complex north of Ciudad Juárez to house migrants.

In a video taken by Border Report, contractors can be seen putting up five large canvass tents around metal poles at El Punto, an area near the Ciudad Juárez soccer stadium used by Liga MX team FC Juárez.

The tent complex built in Ciudad Juárez is one of nine so-called migrant reception centers Mexico is currently erecting in northern states such as Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas in order to assist migrants deported from the U.S.

The migrant reception centers are not intended to be long-term shelters according to a statement released by Mexican officials on Jan. 21, but will serve migrants who are in deep need of food, medical checkups and a place to rest.

Bus tickets and a $98 debit card will be offered to Mexican nationals deported from the U.S.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said her government will continue to assist foreign nationals expelled from the United States on humanitarian grounds and then seek to repatriate them to their country of origin.

During her press conference on Jan. 27, Sheinbaum said that her administration continues to work with American officials to make sure deportations are carried out "with respect of human rights," and added that Mexico will participate at the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) "emergency" meeting called by Honduran President Xiomara Castro, the bloc's current holder of the rotational presidency after the tariff standoff between the United States and Colombia on Jan. 26.