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Latin Times
Latin Times
Politics
Pedro Camacho

Mexico's Sheinbaum Counters Trump Deportations With Tens of Thousands of Jobs for Returned Citizens

Peasant harvests cempasuchil in Puebla state (2018) (Credit: Photo by ULISES RUIZ/AFP via Getty Images)

In response to the wave of deportations ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump, the Mexican administration, led by President Claudia Sheinbaum, has launched a national employment program to help reintegrate returning citizens into the local workforce.

In partnership with the country's leading business group, the Consejo Coordinador Empresarial (CCE), the government introduced "México te abraza" ("Mexico embraces you"), an initiative aimed at connecting deported Mexicans with immediate job opportunities.

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