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.

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, Mexico — Mexico has sent 29 drug cartel figures, including drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, to the United States as the Trump administration turns up the pressure on drug trafficking organizations.

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

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.

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,

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

The unprecedented show of cooperation comes as Donald Trump has increased pressure on Mexico to crack down on cartels.