The US government is preparing to send thousands more troops to the US-Mexico border. According to The Washington Post, armored vehicles could also be sent there. According to an unnamed US official,
A secret tunnel discovered last week on the U.S.-Mexico border will be sealed by Mexican authorities, an army official in Ciudad Juarez said Saturday.
As well as a place to sleep, returning Mexicans will receive food, medicine and help in obtaining documents.
The shelters in Ciudad Juarez will have the capacity to house thousands of people, a municipal official has said.
President Donald Trump's promises of mass deportations, which could bring batches of new arrivals fresh off the border bridges into Juárez, has Mexican law enforcement preparing to keep watch for potential trouble.
It may have been embraced by the Academy, but just a day after its debut in Mexico, the acclaimed “narco-musical” Emilia Pérez was already drawing sharp rebukes for superficial portrayals of sensitive subjects.
The Mexican government plans to establish nine reception areas for deportees in Mexico's six northern border states over the coming weeks.
The US-Mexico border is effectively closed off to migrants seeking asylum in the United States within hours of President Donald Trump taking office, an extraordinary departure from previous protocols that has left many concerned migrants in limbo.
General Jose Lemus, commander of Ciudad Juarez's military garrison, said the tunnel "must have taken a long time" to build, suggesting "it could have been one or two years".
Discovered on January 10 by US and Mexican security agencies, the tunnel measures approximately 300 meters (1,000 feet) in length on the Mexican side and is equipped with lighting, ventilation and is
Mexico was raising sprawling tents on the U.S. border Wednesday as it braced for President Donald Trump to fulfill his pledge to reverse mass migration.
Upon taking office, US President Donald Trump issued executive orders affecting migrants on the US border. Now, 1,500 soldiers are being deployed along the southern border with Mexico — but Trump's plans go much further.