Title: After decades in America, the newly deported return to a Mexico they barely recognize - The Washington Post
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By Antonio Olivo
Antonio Olivo
Reporter covering government, politics and demographics in Northern Virginia
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March 3, 2017
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Content: He lived in the United States for 27 years and left his wife and five children behind in Las Vegas. ( Antonio Olivo/The Washington Post)
Since President Trump took office in January, the number of U.S. government flights landing in Mexico City loaded with deportees has jumped from two a week under President Barack Obama to three, Mexican officials said. The arrivals include convicted felons but also many without criminal records. The numbers of immigrants deported from the United States waned in the final years of the Obama administration, which took steps to focus enforcement on hardened criminals and recent arrivals. Trump, who made immigration enforcement a centerpiece of his campaign, has been clear that he views illegal immigrants as potential security threats and competitors to Americans for jobs. Last week, he told journalists at a private lunch that he might be open to a comprehensive immigration overhaul that includes a path to legal status for those who had not committed crimes. But Trump did not mention such a plan in his remarks to a joint session of Congress, emphasizing his deportation initiatives instead. About 500 deported Mexicans, including some who had been picked up when Obama was in office, are arriving here daily. “Many of these people come not knowing how to speak Spanish,” said Amalia García, secretary of Mexico City’s labor department, which serves as a point of contact for the deportees. “ They come feeling very bitter, very ashamed and very hurt.”