Mexico's plan to accept thousands of people expelled from the United States is noots. The plan is underway to build a nine reception center (parking lot, stadium, and a huge tent in the warehouse) and build a mobile kitchen operated by the military.
The details of this initiative called “Mexico hugs you” has finally been revealed this week, but Mexican officials will be the largest exile in the United States in the United States. He said that he has been working on a concept for the past few months since he promised. history.
It is expected that almost all of the 34 federal agencies and 16 state governments will participate in some form: sending people to their hometowns by bus, organizing logistics, providing medical care, and recently providing medical care. Distribute a cash card worth about $ 100 per sheet, such as registering the returned people in a social welfare program such as pensions and paid training.
Officials said they were negotiating with Mexican companies about agreements to connect human resources and work.
“We are ready to welcome you on this side of the border,” said Mexico's Minister of FM -Rosera Rodriguez this week. “Relatement is an opportunity to return home and meet again with my family.”
Mexico's President Claudia Shainbaum said that the expected large -scale expulsion was called “unilateral measures” and did not agree. However, Mexico realized that the most unauthorized citizens living in the United States (estimated 4 million in 2022) are obliged to prepare.
The government's plan focuses on Mexicans expelled from the United States, but the president has suggested that foreign expulsions may be temporarily accepted.
Not only Mexico is preparing. Guatemala on the southern side has many illegal residents in the United States, and has recently launched plans to absorb its owned forced repatriors.
Foreign Minister Mexico met this week by telephone with Secretary of State Marco Rubio about immigration and security, but not Mexico and other countries have not been explained by the Trump administration for a forced transfer plan. They become confused without any specific things.
“With the return of Donald Trump, it has revealed that Mexico has not been ready to face these scenarios,” said the 23 shelters, immigrants, and organizations that spread throughout Mexico. Sergio Luna, who works in the immigration defense organization monitoring network, says.
“You may have the best intentions, but you can't continue to respond to emergencies with a completely inadequate program,” Luna said. “This is indicating that Mexico has benefited from Mexico immigrants through remittance for decades, but this has forgotten this person.”
In addition, the government has 100 buses to bring forced repatriors to their home country, but many of them have escaped from the place to escape violence and lack of opportunities in the first place.
Other experts are wondering if the Mexican government is really ready to deal with long -term trauma caused by overseas expulsion and family separation.
“These people will come back, and their return will affect their mental health,” said Mexico's Immigration Researcher Camelia Tigau.
Even if there are new facilities, existing shelters are small and often lack funds, and in addition to regular immigrants from the southern part that wants to cross the US border, many people have recently arrived. The evacuation shelter operators said that it might be difficult to provide. The number of immigrants has decreased significantly in recent months.
Gabriela Ernandez, director of Casa Totchan, Mexico, said, “I can't prepare because I have no financial resources,” added that her team mainly rely on donations from the general public. “So we think this is an emergency. It's like an earthquake.”
Other evacuation shelters in Mexico said that the government did not provide additional support.
The city of Mexico is expected to accept many returnees. According to research, when expelled abroad, people often move to a larger city without settling in their hometown.
“It is good that the Mexican government is planning to accept the first acceptance,” says Massferial, a migrant researcher who is studying the dynamics and influence of the return from the United States to Mexico. Nevertheless, she added, “It's important to think about what will happen a few months later.”
In an interview, Temist Crespieba, charge in charge of human movement in Mexico City, plans to establish a new shelter and increase the capacity of the capital and exiles of the capital to more than 1,300 to more than 3,000. He said.
As mentioned on Tuesday, as mentioned on Tuesday, those involved in the support of immigrants and expelled people, if the Trump administration stops spending external assistance, many people and other regions in Mexico and other regions. We are concerned that the efforts to accept may be hindered. With the presidential decree signed by Trump on Monday, it was beginning to realize.
“It could lead to a crisis or at least temporarily weakening the humanitarian support network,” Luna said.
For example, the United States is the largest fund provider to the United Nations international immigration (IOM), and IOM is currently services provided to immigrants and exiles, including kits of hygienic goods received by people during the forced repatriation. We provide many of. flight.
The organization, which is cooperating with the Mexican government in the plan for “Mexico hugs you,” refrained from commenting.
Rubio specifically mentioned in the telegram addressed to the Ministry of State's employee on Tuesday, about immigrants related to foreign assistance. In the past, such aids have been sent to programs aimed at reducing hunger, illness, and wartime suffering.
Rubio stated in a public power that “large -scale immigrants are the most important issue of modern times” and that they will not “promote or encourage them” in the future.
He added that diplomacy in the Western Hemisphere would give priority to protecting the US border.
Sheinbaum suggested that Mexico could accept non -Mexican forced repatriors. But she stated that the government plans to “spontaneously repatriating non -Mexican people (including those who are waiting for asylum hearing in the United States) to their home country”.
The question of who pays the return is on the agenda list of discussions with US government officials.
