The Mexican government is opening 25 new shelters for illegal immigrants who have been deported from the United States. This will be in preparation for an upcoming border crackdown, when Donald Trump becomes president next month.

Baja California Gov. Marina del Pilar Avila Olmeda told Nexstar’s Border Report that she said at a meeting on Monday, the country takes Mr. Trump’s threats of deportation very seriously. Five of the shelters are located in Tijuana and two in Mexicali.

She did not specify where the shelters were located.

Avila Olmeda, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), said: “This plan is designed to cater exclusively to people deported after January 20.”

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She said: “We know that he has threatened to do so throughout his campaign and, since he is already President of the United States, this time we believe he will be stricter, tougher, when it comes deportations.” “We’re working to prepare and welcome our migrants.”

They will only have a limited time to spend in these shelters, which can accommodate up to 500 people. After that they will be sent home. Some of the shelters will house men while others will accommodate women, families and unaccompanied minors.

The shelters being built are only for Mexicans, not foreigners. Avila Olmeda stated that it is important to make clear: Mexicans are welcome back in their home country, and their human right will be respected.

Mr. Trump said that the border would be dealt with on his first day in office.

On Fox’s Sunday Morning Futures, incoming White House Press Secretary Karoline leavitt was questioned about what Mr. Trump would do on his first day. She replied that Mr. Trump “will use the power of [his] pen to deliver many of the promised he made on the campaign to secure our Southern border.”

When asked for specific Day 1 Executive Orders regarding the Border, Ms. Leavitt replied “perhaps look at Title 42.”

Title 42 allows officials to deport migrants from the United States because of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The law was implemented during the first Trump administration in 2020.

Biden attempted to stop its use by 2022 but did not officially do so until May 2023.

Ms. Leavitt stated, “How can we take legal executive action, to stop the surge of migrants we have seen at our southern border, and on the first day, President Trump will also launch the largest deportation in American history of illegal criminals,”

She said: “He can do this immediately by empowering federal law enforcement and local law-enforcement to work together in order to identify, detain, and deport these criminals who we know roam freely throughout our country.”

Trump has announced that South Dakota Governor Gary Herbert will be responsible for the border under his administration. Kristi Noem, whom he selected as Homeland Security Secretary, and Tom Homan who will be his “border czar”, to implement the mass deportation plans.

Stephen Miller, his choice for deputy chief of staff at the White House for policy, is also a hardliner on immigration.