Four days after President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 25% tariff on products from Mexico and Canada, journalist Jesús Esquivel recalled that this measure was conditioned on stopping the flow of undocumented migrants to the United States.
In an intervention on Aristegui en Vivo, Esquivel emphasized the need for the Mexican government to clarify whether it is indeed accepting deportations of citizens from third countries via land, as claimed by the White House. Similarly, clarity is expected on whether Mexico has rejected military flights with deported immigrants from the United States, a matter subject to negotiations by the State Department.
The journalist pointed out that an ongoing operation involves 100 of the 1,500 personnel deployed at the border with Mexico. Esquivel also highlighted the lack of transparency on the part of the United States regarding the composition of the deported migrants, warning that among them are individuals with criminal histories, as well as those with deportation orders and others with minor offenses.
One of the critical points raised by Esquivel was the series of errors made during the raids, citing cases such as the detention of Native Americans from the Navajo tribe and citizens of Puerto Rico, who are technically U.S. citizens. The journalist considered the current landscape for Latin America in its relations with the United States to be "quite complicated," especially in cases of countries like Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico.
Regarding the disagreement between the presidents of Colombia and the United States, Esquivel expressed the need to clarify the situation regarding military planes and deportations, as well as the conditions under which these take place. He emphasized that the U.S. border czar recently explained the use of chains on the feet of deported individuals to prevent incidents during flights.
In a broader context, Esquivel reported on the ongoing raids in various U.S. cities, with the participation of several government agencies. Approximately 1,200 people were arrested over the past weekend in places such as Chicago, Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon, California, and Texas, among others. Despite the initial denial by the Trump administration regarding a daily quota for arrests, it was later revealed that an order had indeed been issued on the matter.
