Mexico’s ambitious plan to receive deportees from the US

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Workers construct temporary shelters for possible deportees from the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Jan. 24, 2025.

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Mexico has started constructing giant tent shelters in border towns where people deported by the US can get food, temporary housing, medical care and free bus rides back to their hometowns. The program is called  “Mexico embraces you” — and although it’s intended for Mexican deportees, the country’s President Claudia Sheinbaum says her government will consider sheltering migrants from other nations, too. Also, Serbia’s prime minister says he’ll step down following weeks of protests against government corruption. And, a decade after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission stopped investigating crimes against humanity committed under apartheid, some South African families are suing the government for not taking up their cases as promised.

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As Palestinians return to north Gaza, reconstruction efforts come into focus
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Mexico’s ambitious plan to receive deportees from the US
4:02
Serbia’s prime minister resigns amid massive anti-corruption protests
4:04
The story of one woman’s fight to gain African independence from colonial rule
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14:25
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6:04
Thousands flee their homes in northeast Colombia amid worst security crisis in a decade
Special Coverage
4:48
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1:08
Families sue South African government for apartheid-era killings
3:52
Lunar New Year begins in Asia
0:40
The drink of India’s Indigenous people gets a modern twist
Special Coverage
5:58