The KINO Border Initiative runs a shelter in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico that is currently receiving people who have been deported into Mexico. Their recent report “They Didn’t Let Me Say Bye” provides information about 278 deportees that were interviewed at the shelter during May, June, and July, 2025.
Here is some highlights from the survey data:
- 64% were picked up in Arizona (but some came from as far away as Florida)
- survey of 278 Mexican citizen deportees from the U.S.
- 84% male
- 44% have lived in the U.S. over 10 years
- 39% were separated from their families
- 33% said that arrests were started by contact with state and local law enforcement
- 50% were arrested by ICE on the street or in a courthouse
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