“We already have a series of meetings scheduled for the next few days to discuss this new platform," a Mexican ambassador said of Donald Trump's plans. | Getty Mexican government gets ready for Trump’s deportation plans

Mexico is bracing itself for President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans, according to a government spokesperson.

“We will have to see how many of those deportations, usually done by the United States government to the countries where the illegal immigrants are from, are for Mexico," Eduardo Sánchez said in a press conference on Monday.


The statements come after Trump’s interview Sunday on "60 Minutes," in which he said his priority would be to deport undocumented immigrants who have criminal records, and that some 2 or 3 million people could be sent to their countries of origin.

"Of course this and other matters will be part of the agenda that Mexico brings to the table during the bilateral meetings that will take place with the government of President-elect Donald Trump,” Sánchez added.

He also said Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu plans to have a number of measures ready to deal with possible deportations.

In an interview with Univision, Mexican ambassador to the U.S. Carlos Sada said the government is already working on strengthening mechanisms in place to protect Mexican immigrants in the U.S.

“We already have a series of meetings scheduled for the next few days to discuss this new platform, these new proposals he is making,” Sada said, referring to Trump. “It doesn’t mean that these 2 or 3 million Mexicans will be processed for deportation. The majority are not Mexican and those who are, well, we have protection mechanisms in place.”

He added that participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program should not be alarmed, and that their protections will remain valid until the end of President Barack Obama’s tenure.