Mexico to stick with policies aimed at stopping migrants after Trump win

A drone view shows migrants in a caravan walking along a highway on their way to the U.S. border, in Escuintla, Mexico November 7, 2024. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico will continue pursuing measures to stop migrants from reaching its northern border with the United States, its top diplomat said on Friday, days after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election vowing a new crackdown on illegal immigration.

Foreign Minister Juan Ramon de la Fuente stressed that Mexico's model is working and will stay in place, pointing to data that shows the number of migrants caught by U.S. authorities at the border had fallen 76% since last December.