Editorial of CubitaNOW ~ Tuesday January 21, 2025
“We seek within the framework of our immigration policy, being foreigners, their return to their country of origin,” said Sheinbaum, who expressed his concern and rejection of the first executive orders signed by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, in his first mandate day.
Among these measures, the authorization granted to agents of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) to intensify the search for irregular migrants in any part of the United States territory and proceed with their immediate deportation to Mexico stood out. The above, regardless of whether they are Mexican or not, because ultimately they all entered through the southern border that the United States shares with that nation.
In that sense, the Aztec president said that her Government will repatriate all those who are not Mexicans, including Cubans.
“More than receiving, it is a matter of humanitarian care. It is a decision of the United States, the issue is if those people are in Mexican territory, we serve them for humanitarian reasons. But we seek within the framework of our immigration policy, being foreigners, their return to their country of origin,” Sheinbaum said.
Trump’s diplomatic relations with the dictatorships of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are expected to be more hostile, which is why these nations will probably refuse to directly accept their citizens who are in an irregular situation in the United States. Then Mexico will be in charge of doing it.
Sheinbaum clarified that repatriations will be voluntary and carried out in collaboration with the countries of origin. The issue is that depending on the magnitude of the numbers deported by Trump, Mexico will not be able to manage a repatriation operation to all countries of origin.
Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border of the United States, accompanied by an immediate end to the use of the CBP One app and a plan to eliminate birthright citizenship.
The president also expressed her intention to dialogue with the United States about the costs that these actions will generate for Mexico, an issue that has raised concern among authorities and human rights defenders.
Another problem on the table for Claudia Sheinbaum is the case of many migrants who arrived in Mexico with the hope of requesting an asylum appointment to enter the United States. However, Trump also suspended the CBP One application system that allowed that possibility; In other words, those hundreds of people are on Mexican soil.
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