The construction of large tent shelters is underway in Juárez as part of the Mexican government’s preparation for the possible influx of Mexican nationals deported under U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned mass deportations.
Construction of the temporary shelters began on Tuesday, Jan. 21, with state workers laying down the scaffolding for the structures just across the Rio Grande from El Paso. By Thursday morning, the structures were taking shape.
Temporary structures like the one in Juárez are being prepared in nine Mexico cities along the U.S.-Mexico border.
They are part of the President Claudia Sheinbaum administration’s “Mexico embraces you” program, which is preparing to receive those deported by the Trump administration. The plan was announced on Jan. 20, just ahead of the presidential inauguration in the U.S.
The facilities are quickly going up in preparation for any possible mass deportation from the United States.
“There are two that will be finished tonight,” Sheinbaum said Thursday as she started her morning news conference. “The others will likely be finished by Saturday.”
The center is being constructed on the land known locally as El Punto, just east of the Paso del Norte border crossing. The site is known as the place Pope Francis visited in 2016.
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