A sense of despair has engulfed the migrant camp of La Soledad, named after the colonial-era church that towers over the shantytown in downtown Mexico City. It was supposed to be a temporary stop, a place to regroup and wait for the right moment to continue on toward the United States.

Mexico is constructing tents to receive Mexican nationals deported under Trump's mass deportations and provide them with services to help resettle.

Donald Trump's plan for mass deportations of migrants from the United States is encountering its first obstacles. Colombia is the latest country to announce it will not accept planes with deportees. Earlier,

The U.S. government has worked to strengthen border security and enforce deportation policies, while Mexico has sought to balance cooperation with its own national interests. Tensions over immigration policies have repeatedly surfaced,