The Mexican government said it planned to open nine shelters for its citizens and three more for deported foreigners, without clarifying the total capacity, under a scheme called “Mexico embraces you.”
On Thursday, she said that two of the reception centers were expected to be ready by the end of the day and the others by the weekend.
In the northeastern city of Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas, navy personnel were seen erecting a shelter on a large sports field, according to an AFP correspondent.
The Matamoros shelter -- one of three being built in Tamaulipas state -- will be able to accommodate around 3,000 people, according to municipal authorities.
Last week another Mexican border city, Tijuana, just south of California, declared an emergency to free up funds to deal with the potential arrival of deportees.
On his first day back in office on Monday, Trump declared a national emergency at the US southern border and vowed to deport “millions and millions” of migrants.
The White House has also halted an asylum program for people fleeing authoritarian regimes in Central and South America, leaving thousands of people stranded on the Mexican side of the border.
Mexico's government announced in December that it would launch a mobile app with an alert button for migrants facing imminent detention in the United States, where there are several million undocumented Mexicans.
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