Overview
- Officials presented the cumulative figure on Friday, August 14, 2026, saying 271,193 Mexican nationals were repatriated from the United States between January 20, 2025 and August 13–14, 2026.
- The Instituto Nacional de Migración reported 171,508 arrivals by land and 99,685 by air, with air transfers carried out on 816 flights to ten Mexican airports including Tapachula, AICM and Villahermosa.
- The 'México te abraza' reception effort has delivered more than 1.56 million services, over 453,000 hot meals, about 79,700 medical or psychological attentions and issued roughly 138,500 certified birth or CURP documents.
- More than 180,000 people received a Bienestar Paisano card loaded with 2,000 pesos to pay travel home, and the government says it has enrolled about 98,600 repatriates in IMSS health coverage on arrival.
- Mexico’s officials link the surge to the return of President Donald Trump and cite U.S. CBP figures—shared by the Mexican government—showing a 97.5% drop in border migrant encounters since October 2024, a shift that could change reintegration needs and local service demands in origin states.