during the cabinet meeting for the first 100 days of government of President Donald Trump in 2025the secretary of National Security of United States (me), Kristi callsdeclared that Mexico has started actively collaborating with the new immigration policies imposed by the Republican Administration. In his speech, Noem stressed that The Mexican governmenthas returned to more than 500 thousand migrants before they reached the border with the United States.
“We should count them as deportations”: Kristi Noem on migrants returned
According to Noem, the hardening of border measures promoted by Donald Trump It has generated a deterrent effect on migratory flows to the north. In this sense, he praised the response of the Mexican government, stating that President Sheinbaum acted after Trump’s direct pressurethus avoiding half a million people will reach the US territory.
“The president of Mexico told me that she returned more than half a million people before they reached our border. We should count them as deportations, because you (referring to Trump) forced her to do it”Said Noem, directing Trump directly during the public event.
Mexico agrees to receive more people deported from the US
At another time in his speech, Kristi Noem emphasized that Mexico finally sat down to negotiate and agreed to receive more migrants returned from USAas part of a renewed bilateral agreement. According to the official, this new approach is an extension of President Trump’s measures during his first term, now retaken with greater force in his second presidential period.
The secretary explained that The message sent by the current administration was strong enough as to deter many migrants before even trying to cross. “They did not arrive because they understood the message, because it was very aggressive”, Said Noem, suggesting that hard hand policy is functioning as a preventive element.
Noem states that Trump’s strategy is giving results
These statements mark a significant change in the immigration relationship between the two countries. For Trump, this cooperation is seen as a political victory, in line with his promise of strengthen border security and reduce the entry of people without documentation.
Noem concluded his speech by highlighting that The diplomatic pressure and immigration control strategy has begun to give visible resultsand that will continue working to ensure the border and maintain collaboration with transit countries such as Mexico.
