The US has not only historically benefited from the labor of millions of migrants; it has built its economic power on them. And Mexico, at the same time, has paid a very high price: loss of productive capacity, rural decline, community uprooting, and dependence on a model that expels people only to turn them into cheap labor.
The Mexico Embraces You program has responded well by offering social support to returning Mexicans, but a clear strategy is needed.
14 Mexican citizens have lost their lives in ICE custody or in immigration operations during President Donald Trump’s second term.
The unidentified victim is the 9th Mexican citizen to have been killed in ICE detention since the beginning of 2025; this time in Adelanto, California.
Millions of women who have endured unspeakable violence on their migration journey are now being persecuted in the United States by an extremely xenophobic and misogynistic government, led by Donald Trump,
Consorcio Oaxaca reiterated the urgent need to guarantee effective measures to prevent recurrence, a thorough review of security conditions in institutional shelters, independent oversight, clear protection protocols, and accountability mechanisms.
César Cravioto says that of the 3,000 migrants who had been sleeping on the streets at the beginning of this administration, only 200 remain.
The Mexico City government had threatened a “total dismantling of the camp,” but backed off, leaving more than 200 migrants unsure about their future.
The unidentified man is the fifth person to die in ICE custody since the beginning of this year.
Trump’s danger lies not only in the harm he inflicts on migrants in the US, but also in the possibility that his xenophobic model will be replicated in other countries.