VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-21
“The reason is that the United States wants to prevent them from crossing back into its territory,”
Mexico's National Migration Institute (INM) · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
The INM told the Associated Press that the US justified the deportations as a deterrence measure.
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