The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, presented the first two in a series of videos that will be presented during the "Mañanera del Pueblo" (People's Morning Conference) on the importance of the work of Mexican immigrants living in the United States.
During her morning press conference on Friday, the Mexican president called on Mexican compatriots living in the United States to send their videos about their contributions to the United States and Mexico.
"We are asking many brothers and sisters who are there, fellow countrymen and women, to send what they consider to be their contribution to the economy of the United States and Mexico, and we are going to pass them on and incorporate them into the 'Mañanera del Pueblo,'" he stressed.
In the first video presented, Adela León, a Mexican immigrant who lives in Fowler, California, and Feliciano, a Mexican immigrant who lives in Merced, California, point out that Mexicans contribute a lot to both countries, as their help is invaluable in essential sectors of the economy of the United States, such as agriculture, construction, and industry.
In this short video, they highlighted that 7 out of 10 farm workers are of Mexican origin, and questioned what the economy would be like without those hands, while pointing out that there would surely be many tables without food.
"These hands were called essential workers during the pandemic, and we are still essential. That is why we still proudly say that both Mexico and the United States benefit greatly from what we do, and we are very excited about both," they emphasize.
In a second video, Selene Partida, a Mexican immigrant living in Chicago, can be seen recalling that the annual income of Mexican immigrant workers in the United States is $320 billion.
He also points out that remittances sent to Mexico amount to 63.3 billion dollars, and that more than four times what is sent to Mexico stays in the United States.
These actions are an initiative of the Mexican government, which seeks to revalue the work of Mexican immigrants in the United States, in the face of threats of mass deportations and the statements of the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump.
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