Mexican soldiers on Thursday rushed to set up emergency shelters near the border with the United States ahead of President Donald Trump's threatened mass deportations.
According to the Mexican government, it planned to open nine shelters for its citizens and three more for deported foreigners under a scheme called "Mexico embraces you."
We reported that Navy personnel erected olive-green tents on a large sports field in the northeastern city of Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville and Texas.
According to municipal authorities, the shelter; one of three being built in Tamaulipas state is said accommodate around 3,000 people.
According to President Claudia Sheinbaum, this week Mexico would provide humanitarian assistance to deported migrants from other countries before repatriating them.
We recall that on his first day back in office on Monday, Trump declared a national emergency at the US southern border and vowed to deport millions and millions of migrants.
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