Mexico Deports Nearly All Of Its Illegal Migrants Amid Coronavirus Fears

Article author: 
Jason Hopkins, The Daily Caller
Article publisher: 
Information Liberation
Article date: 
29 April 2020
Article category: 
National News
Medium
Article Body: 
Mexico has almost completely cleared out its migrant centers as a precaution against the coronavirus outbreak, its government announced.
 
The National Migration Institute (INM), the agency in Mexico that manages immigration, said it has been deporting immigrants from the country’s 65 migrant facilities since March 21, according to Reuters. The actions are being made in order to comply with safety and health guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic....
 
Alfaro said the directive to reduce its migrant population coincides with pressure from the Trump administration to control its illegal alien population.