Mexico opposes the landing of the American plane carrying deported immigrants
Informed sources confirmed that Mexico has rejected the request of the US government to allow the landing of the US military plane that was deporting immigrants from this country.
According to Isna, NBC News reported for the first time on Friday that the Mexican government has opposed the request of the US President Donald Trump’s administration to allow the landing of an American military plane carrying migrants deported from the United States.
Now, an American official and a Mexican official confirmed this decision of the Mexican government in an interview with Reuters.
US military planes made two similar flights to Guatemala on Friday, each carrying about 80 migrants, but the government was unable to move forward with a plan to land the C-17 in Mexico after Washington rejected the request.
Mexico’s foreign ministry said in a statement late Friday that the country has very good relations with the United States and cooperates with it on issues such as immigration.
The ministry noted: Regarding repatriation, we always welcome the arrival of Mexicans on our soil with open arms.
The informed Mexican official did not give a reason for denying the landing permit. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico did not mention this incident.
According to Reuters, the Trump administration announced last week that it would relaunch the so-called “remain in Mexico” program, which would have forced non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait in Mexico until their cases were resolved in the United States.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday that such an action requires the consent of the host country, and Mexico has not done so.
The US State Department and the Pentagon did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
U.S.-Mexico relations have been in the spotlight since Trump began his second term on Monday by declaring a national emergency along the border between the two countries. He has already deployed 1,500 additional US troops there, and officials have said thousands more could soon be deployed.
The US president also designated Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations, renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of the Americas, and threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on Mexican goods beginning in February.
Sheinbaum has sought to avoid escalating the situation and expressed willingness to resettle Mexican nationals who are returned, but the left-leaning politician has also said he does not agree with mass deportations and that Mexican immigrants are vital to the U.S. economy.
The use of US military aircraft to carry out deportation flights is part of the Pentagon’s response to Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on Monday.
In the past, US military aircraft have been used to move people from one country to another, such as when the US withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021.
But a US official said it was the first time in recent years that US military aircraft had been used to fly migrants out of the country.
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