U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policy has raised expectations of mass deportations to Mexico. However, the shelters in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, that were prepared to receive hundreds of migrants are practically empty.

One human smuggler who spoke to NBC News said the troops wouldn’t make a difference, but conceded stricter border policies had significantly cut into his business.

Photos: The giant white tents that will serve as processing centers and temporary shelters for Mexicans deported from the United States remain mostly empty.

Trump’s mass deportation plan faces delays as mega shelters in Mexico set up to receive deportees remain empty.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has sent drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, to the United States with 28 other prisoners requested by the U.S. government, the Mexican government said in a statement Thursday.

U.S. President Donald Trump's new policies concerning unauthorized immigrants and mass deportation operations have caught some Latin American countries off guard, prompting them to improvise ways to deal with the unexpected arrival of high numbers of those being deported.

Two human smugglers with links to the cartels were arrested Wednesday in Ciudad Juarez during a binational law enforcement operation.

Finding the U.S. border effectively closed to them by drastic measures put in place by the Trump administration, thousands of Latin American migrants trapped in Mexico are gearing up for the hard trek back to their countries,

Congressman Tony Gonzales, who represents the largest border district in the U.S. House of Representatives, visited the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez

While the number of deportations has jumped under Trump, Mexican officials say it hasn't surged to the levels they feared.