MEXICO, NY — Homeland Security agents reportedly confused the small upstate town with the country of Mexico after a DOGE staff member flagged their tax data, setting off a bureaucratic blunder of historic proportions.

The Innerloop was able to reach one of the wrongfully deported, Bob Jenkins, a lifelong Mexican. “Honestly, we just thought it was a surprise cruise,” Jenkins said. “I’ve never even been on a plane before and next thing I know, I’m sharing a cell with a guy named El Diablo.”

Local officials in El Salvador, no strangers to hardened criminals, admitted they were shaken. “We’ve seen the worst of the worst in our prisons,” one guard said, “but these northerners may actually be the most disgusting. Their only demand has been for ranch dressing.”

Perhaps most shocking, however, is that no one back home noticed they were gone for months. The ICE raid on Mexico, NY actually took place back in January, and not a single soul has been mentioned since. “Honestly, we just assumed Mexico was still buried under lake effect snow,” said one Oswego County official with a shrug. “Frankly, I’m more surprised the plows never filed a missing persons report.”