Trump’s threats of tariffs and mass deportations fuel rising anxiety on the border and in Mexico. Border businesses that depend on trade are bracing for the economic consequences. Mexican officials publicly downplay the impact but prepare for whatever comes next.

Whether tariffs or mass deportations, no country has more to lose than Mexico under the Trump administration. Some 80% of the country’s exports go to its northern neighbor. Nearly four million of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States are Mexicans.

Mexico's northern border is preparing for a transformation with the expected arrival of thousands of migrants who will seek to settle in the area, because they cannot return to their places of origin due to violence or to stay close to their relatives whom they were trying to join in the US,

La Verdad Juarez January 28, 2025 By Blanca Carmona / La Verdad Juárez CIUDAD JUÁREZ – A federal judge has suspended criminal charges against Francisco Garduño Yáñez, Mexico’s top immigration official,

Several migrants said they had recently arrived in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico after weeks of travel, only to find their CBP One appointments were cancelled.

Authorities in the Mexican state of Chihuahua have uncovered 73 bodies and sets of skeletal remains in clandestine graves over the past month, highlighting the ongoing violence tied to cartel conflicts in the region.

Mexican authorities have begun constructing giant tent shelters in the city of Ciudad Juarez to prepare for a possible influx of Mexicans deported under U.S. President Donald Trump's promised mass deportations.

General Jose Lemus, commander of Ciudad Juarez's military garrison, said the tunnel "must have taken a long time" to build, suggesting "it could have been one or two years".

President Donald Trump's promises of mass deportations, which could bring batches of new arrivals fresh off the border bridges into Juárez, has Mexican law enforcement preparing to keep watch for potential trouble.

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It may have been embraced by the Academy, but just a day after its debut in Mexico, the acclaimed “narco-musical” Emilia Pérez was already drawing sharp rebukes for superficial portrayals of sensitive subjects.

The flurry of measures signed by the U.S. president has left both migrants and business owners on edge, sparking fears of a rise in organized crime and a looming economic recession