Mexico’s president opposes Trump immigration policies, vows to help those deported
President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed her disagreement to the “unilateral deportations” of Mexican nationals living in the U.S. and Trump's “Remain in Mexico” policy.
OTAY MESA, Calif. — It was a quiet morning as border agents patrolled the primary and secondary fences that divide San Diego and Tijuana as the nation awaited newly sworn-in President Donald Trump to sign a series of immigration-related executive orders.
In his first speech as president, Trump said he "will declare a national emergency at our southern border. All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came."
Trump vowed to reinstate “Remain in Mexico,” a policy from his first administration requiring anyone seeking to enter the United States through Mexico to remain in that country.
He also promised to "send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country."
With agents still awaiting new guidance, it was not immediately clear how exactly the executive orders will affect operations on the ground.
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