Mexico has a plan if there are deportations of Mexicans after Trump’s inauguration

President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday that she has a plan in case a wave of deportations of compatriots begins after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, who would be received by Mexico.

During his election campaign, the Republican threatened to carry out mass deportations of migrants and reinforce security on the border with Mexico, and promised protectionist measures in trade matters that have set off alarm bells in the Latin American country.

“In case there are deportations, we are going to receive the Mexicans and we have a plan for it,” said the president in her daily press conference. “But we are going to work on a plan to show that they do not have to be deported,” he later clarified.

Sheinbaum, in power since October 1, explained that in the next few hours he will hold a meeting with his cabinet to analyze the different issues that he will discuss with the Trump administration, without giving more details.

The president also reported that in a meeting she had on Monday on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Brazil, the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, told her that he does not agree with removing Mexico from the North American trade agreement, USMCA, in force between the three countries, as some Canadian regional authorities have proposed.

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