Mexico Handles More Than 152,000 Consular Protection Cases Amid Trump’s Anti-Migrant Policies

Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Ministry handled more than 152,000 consular protection cases in 10 months as the government responded to what Secretary Roberto Velasco Álvarez described as the anti-migrant policies of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Velasco said the ministry processed 152,466 cases between September 2025 and June 2026, 21.4 percent more than in the preceding period. Mexican officials also made 9,929 visits to detention centers, a 33 percent increase.

“Our message to Mexicans abroad is clear. You are not alone,” Velasco told Morena lawmakers. He said Mexico was managing its relationship with the United States “with responsibility, firmness and a sense of state.”

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Our message to Mexicans abroad is clear. You are not alone.

The ministry has filed 20 legal actions with state and county prosecutors, engaged with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Department of State, and submitted a complaint to the U.S. Department of Justice. It has also held discussions with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Velasco said encounters with migrants in irregular situations at the border had declined 97 percent from the 2023 historic peak and 82 percent from the start of Trump’s administration. He also said he recently reviewed efforts against drug and arms trafficking and transnational organized crime with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington.

He cited more than 518 tons of drugs seized, over 32,000 firearms confiscated and more than 63,000 people detained under Mexico’s National Security Strategy, presenting the figures as evidence of progress in security and migration policy.

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Mexico will not let a single case of this type go unanswered.