Nearly 11,000 migrants deported from US to Mexico since Trump took office

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Mexico has received nearly 11,000 deported migrants from the United States since Jan 20 when US President Donald Trump took office.  Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the figure included 2,539 non-Mexicans.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The United States is intensifying its immigration crackdown and mass deportation of undocumented

00:09migrants, with hundreds more being sent back to their hometowns over the week.

00:14Some 111 migrants from Brazil departed from Louisiana and landed in Fortaleza on Friday,

00:20marking the second deportation flight to Brazil since US President Donald Trump returned to

00:25the White House last month.

00:27The deportees and Brazilian authorities filed complaints of the use of handcuffs and human

00:32rights issues.

00:57Deportees from India taken by US authorities on another flight, with a total of 104 deportees,

01:20which landed in Amritsar on Wednesday, also complained of human rights concerns.

01:50Mexico said they had received nearly 11,000 deported migrants from the United States since

02:00January 20, including 2,539 non-Mexicans.

02:20Earlier this week, Mexico reached a deal with the Trump administration to pause threatened

02:33tariffs on Mexican goods, in exchange for deploying thousands of National Guard police

02:38to the country's northern border with the US, in a bid to further reduce the flow of

02:43migrants into the US.

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