SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Four of out every 10 deported Mexican nationals are said to be in need of medical attention, according to Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM).
Last week, the agency released findings of a study showing 40 percent of migrants returned to Mexico are suffering from a chronic illness such as diabetes, hypertension, or have some sort of intestinal or respiratory issue.
Many of the migrants also report being deported without their medications or having been injured in the process of trying to get away from U.S. federal agents.
“Many arrive in Mexico in need of emergency medical attention after going without their medical care or medications they were receiving,” said Dr. Juan Daniel García. “It’s not rare that many of the deported who have lived north of the border for several years, suffer from diabetes or hypertension due to daily nutrition based on fatty foods and sugar from fast food.”
According to INM figures, almost 60,000 Mexicans have been deported from the U.S. since Donald Trump took office.
In Tijuana, Diana Ortiz Villacorta Ramírez, head of the migrant affairs office, says they are receiving 10 to 15 deported Mexican nationals per day.
“The people we are getting here at the shelter set up to handle deported migrants have all been sent back by Border Patrol or ICE, but none reported being caught in raids.”
Villacorta Ramírez said she doesn’t know where migrants detained during the Immare being deported from or taken to.
She stressed they are not seeing the number of deported migrants predicted or expected once President Trump took office.
“Most shelters in Tijuana, private and those funded by public money, are pretty much empty, although all continue to wait should numbers change from one day to the next.”
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