The Mexican government is building large camps in Ciudad Juárez to receive what the president expects will be an influx of Mexicans returning to their home country. donald trump Commitment to mass deportations.

Ciudad Juarez official Enrique Licon told Reuters that tent shelters in Ciudad Juarez could temporarily accommodate thousands of people and would be ready within days.

“This is unprecedented,” Licon said Tuesday of Mexico’s plan to build shelters and reception centers in nine cities south of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Authorities at the site will reportedly provide deported Mexicans with food, temporary housing, medical services and help obtaining identification documents, Reuters reported.

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A member of the Mexican Navy walks among the structure of an industrial warehouse tent that Mexican authorities will use as temporary housing for migrants deported from the United States on January 22, 2025 in Mexicali, Mexico. (Reuters/Victor Medina)

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Trump campaigned on launching the largest deportation of illegal immigrants in U.S. history and began the effort after taking office on Monday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested more than 460 people targeting illegal immigrants with criminal records, including violent crimes.

Information obtained by Fox News Digital shows that in a 33-hour period from midnight on January 21 to 9 a.m. on January 22, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested more than 460 illegal immigrants with criminal records. Includes sexual assault, robbery, burglary, aggravated assault, drug and weapons offenses, resisting arrest and domestic violence.

Agents arrested nationals from several countries, including Afghanistan, Angola, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Senegal and Venezuela.

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Drone footage shows workers setting up an industrial warehouse tent in Mexicali, Mexico, on January 22, 2025, which will be used by Mexican authorities as temporary housing for migrants deported from the United States. (Reuters/Victor Medina)

Arrests have occurred across the United States, including in Illinois, Utah, California, Minnesota, New York, Florida and Maryland.

An analysis by the Mexican think tank El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF) based on recent U.S. census data shows that nearly 5 million Mexicans are living in the United States without authorization.

President Donald Trump has begun pursuing a policy of mass deportations to combat illegal alien crime. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Many come from the central and southern regions of Mexico, suffering from violence and poverty. About 800,000 Mexicans living illegally in the United States come from the states of Michoacán, Guerrero and Chiapas, where fierce fighting between organized crime gangs has forced thousands to flee in recent years, according to COLEF research. Sometimes entire towns were abandoned.

Trump quickly restarts policies aimed at stemming the flow of immigrants into the U.S. former president biden It’s over. On Monday, the Trump administration ended the CBP One app program that allowed immigrants waiting in Mexico for immigration appointments to legally enter the United States. Then on Tuesday, Trump reinstated the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), requiring non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait in Mexico until their cases are resolved.

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Immigration activists fear Trump’s strict immigration policies will swamp Mexican deportees, but the government insists it is prepared.

“Mexico will take all necessary measures to care for its compatriots and will allocate all necessary funds to receive deportees,” Mexican Interior Minister Rosa Isela Rodriguez said at a press conference on Monday, Reuters reported. people.”

Fox News Digital’s Adam Shaw and Reuters contributed to this report.