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This Is How Mexico Is Preparing for a Wave of Deportations

By Brendan O'Boyle

Two bills in Mexico’s Congress seek to help reintegrate deportees – and take advantage of their talent.

Mexico’s Congress is scrambling to prepare for a possible wave of deportations from the United States. Two initiatives currently being debated by lawmakers aim to help the country manage the reintegration of hundreds of thousands, and possibly millions, of returning Mexican nationals – and benefit from the skills they obtained abroad.

On Feb. 28, Mexico's Senate approved a reform to the country’s education law that would recognize studies...

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