The Tijuana City Hall has begun implementing preventive measures in response to the potential mass arrival of migrants to the city.

Jose Luis Perez Canchola warned that the city was not prepared for President Trump’s plan for mass deportations and the cancellation of asylum appointments.

Mexico was raising sprawling tents on the U.S. border Wednesday as it braced for President Donald Trump to fulfill his pledge to reverse mass migration.

Mexican authorities have begun constructing giant tent shelters in the city of Ciudad Juarez to prepare for a possible influx of Mexicans deported under U.S. President Donald Trump's promised mass deportations.

“Mass deportations in the United States and the arrival of thousands of migrants from the south could overwhelm the city of Tijuana and ... they talked about migration and security issues ...

At a border crossing in Tijuana ... ready for Trump’s promised mass deportations. His shelter fits 180 people and can feed around 50, he said. With much lower migration numbers over the past ...

In Tijuana, meanwhile, Mexican soldiers are helping to prepare for the consequences of it. The authorities have readied an events centre called Flamingos with 1,800 beds for the returnees, with troops bringing in supplies, setting up a kitchen and showers.

As deportations continued, a new federal shelter was set up in Tijuana to provide a safe space and support. It is one of nine reception centers along the border as part of the “Mexico Embraces You” initiative.

It is estimated that under the policy nearly 70,000 people were sent back to Mexico between 2019 and 2021 to await their cases, according to a report from the non-partisan organization American Immigration Council. The San Ysidro-Tijuana port of entry was the first along the border to implement it.

Mexican officials have converted an events center into a temporary shelter to house up to 2,600 people, in anticipation of mass deportations from the U.S.

He would later go on to declare the administration’s priorities, which focused on ending mass migration and ramping up border security as top priorities. "First, we must curb mass migration and ...

Trump officials reveal generating large numbers of deportations, not apprehending criminals, is the administration’s chief immigration goal.