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Just hours after the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, is sworn in as president and takes full office, the Mexican government presented the “Mexico embraces you” program, which is aimed at all Mexican immigrants who are deported or want, of their own free will, to return to their homeland.
The program presented by the Secretary of the Interior, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, during the morning press conference of President Claudia Sheinbaum, will provide, among other support, a Banco del Bienestar card with two thousand pesos, which can be used immediately so that the compatriots can use them for their transfer to their community of origin.
Thus, he said, the Ministry of the Interior will coordinate the actions to receive the compatriots and will support, through the National Institute of Migration, with the reception and with the necessary documents such as the repatriation letter and the transfers.
Rodríguez added that the National Population Registry will issue identity documents, if necessary, and the CURP of the compatriots. Meanwhile, the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) will register these repatriated persons and their families.
In this way, he said, compatriots will be able to access the five insurance policies contemplated by the Social Security Law: for illness and maternity, for work-related risks, disability and life, for retirement, for unemployment at advanced age, and old age. In addition to all benefits in daycare centers and other social benefits.
He also explained that the Mexican Social Security Institute will provide care for different specialties, vaccines and all the medical attention required.
For its part, it is expected that the Ministry of Welfare will incorporate them into the various social programs such as: Pension for the elderly, pension for people with disabilities, Support Program for working mothers, the program sowing life, the pension for women Welfare, House to House Health, and all social emergency programs.
The program Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro (Young People Building the Future) also includes various educational scholarships ranging from primary school to university, support for social housing from SEDATU and INFONAVIT, and access to free fertilizer support, support from Bienpesca and guaranteed prices for the agricultural sector.
The Food for Wellbeing program will also be part of the aid provided to returning Mexican immigrants, as well as all the services provided by the Welfare Bank, among others.
"We are working in close coordination with different sectors," reiterated the head of the SEGOB. For example, she explained, the public servants who will be in charge of the attention and implementation of the strategy have already been trained.
Agreements were also established with the governments of the border states: Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas; as well as agreements with the states that also have the largest number of Mexicans living in the United States, such as Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, Michoacán, Guanajuato, State of Mexico, Sinaloa, and Jalisco.
“The governors, and everyone, absolutely everyone, expressed their full support for the actions carried out by the Mexican government in this strategy of Mexico Te Abraza, ensuring a warm welcome for the repatriated people,” explained the official.
International organizations have joined the program, as well as the Human Rights Commission, which is supporting the Mexican government with the strategy to combine efforts for the reception and reintegration of repatriated persons.
Rosa Icela Rodríguez said that she has been invited and has held several meetings with the Business Coordinating Council to participate in the reception and employment of returning compatriots.
“Our compatriots living in the United States have played a very important role throughout history in the economies of both countries. They are women and men who strive every day to improve the living conditions of their families and who left their country with the hope of building a legacy for their family,” said the head of the SEGOB.
“In the face of the difficulties you face today, you should know that you are not alone. As the president has said, the Mexican government has a comprehensive plan to deal with repatriations. We are prepared, Mexico is waiting for you with open arms, Mexico has not forgotten you, just as I am sure you carry your country in your hearts. Dear countrymen, your nation is ready to once again be a home for all of us,” she concluded.
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