Mexico Says Trump Has Deported 14,470 Migrants

President Donald Trump has deported 14,470 migrants via Mexico, the country’s president confirmed Monday.

“Since January 20, 14,470 people have returned; 11,379 Mexicans and 3,091 [non-Mexican] foreigners,” President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters, according to local media reports. The non-Mexican migrants are likely from Central American countries, such as Honduras or Guatemala.

Some of those migrants are flown back to Mexico, but almost 500 a day are being returned across the border by the U.S. Border Patrol agency.

Trump’s deputies are also flying additional migrants to centers in Venezuela, Costa Rica, and Panama, where they can make their own way back to their home countries. Those migrants include people from China, India, and other countries whose return is usually blocked by the home government.

Trump has also sent migration flights directly to India and Venezuela.

The rising deportations come amid a steep drop in the number of new migrants at the border. The drop is forced by Trump’s deals with several Latin American countries to block migrants marching north from South America.

In more good news, some foreign leaders [including in Colombia and Jamaica] are calling for their migrants to return home.

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