Trump deports almost 11,000 immigrants to Mexico

The deportees are 8,425 Mexicans and 2,539 people from other countries

The US has deported almost 11,000 immigrants to Mexico since US President Donald Trump took office 18 days ago, Mexican leader Claudia Sheinbaum said.The deportees are 8,425 Mexicans and 2,539 people from other countries, she said at a daily news conference.

According to the Mexican president, flights are being arranged to repatriate the foreign nationals. For example on Thursday, immigrants that had been deported from the US were flown from Mexico to Honduras.

“This is voluntary,” Sheinbaum said. “We will provide support so that they could go to their countries of origin.”

The Mexican leader also said that all deportees are interviewed as they are brought back from the US to determine whether their rights were violated.

Trump signed an executive order on January 20 declaring a national emergency on the border with Mexico.

The US leader asserted that this would make it possible to send troops to the Mexican border “to repel the disastrous invasion of our country.”.