Enrique Mendez
La Jornada Newspaper
Tuesday, November 26, 2024, p. 7
In a meeting of more than three hours with the Political Coordination Board of the Chamber of Deputies, the Secretary of the Interior (SG), Rosa Icela Rodríguez, pointed out that the government will maintain an orderly and regulated migration policy that does not criminalize people. , without neglecting foreign threats from new administrations, explained the coordinator of Morena, Ricardo Monreal Ávila.
He said that the official commented that the authorities are prepared for the threats of mass expulsion of undocumented immigrants by Donald Trump and that there will be firmness from Claudia Sheinbaum’s government. In addition, he announced that the consulates are being prepared to defend Mexicans living in the United States.
After the dialogue, the head of the Interior stated in a brief interview that there is no extension
on the date of the election of judges, magistrates and ministers, and informed the deputies that a security operation will be deployed in that process.
In the closed-door session, Monreal said, the official announced that the President will send a new initiative for the Gaming and Sweepstakes Law to combat corruption in that area, prevent extortion and for businessmen to pay taxes according to their income.
He said that after delivering the answers to the parliamentary questions that each group sent to the Executive, the head of the SG ratified the commitment to access to justice for those affected, victims and families of Ayotzinapa, and the events of the dirty war
Also, he promised justice and stopping disappearances, and that the Mexican State will strive to fulfill that social demand. On another point, maintain the guarantee of freedom of expression and access to information, as well as security and protection for human rights defenders and journalists.
Another commitment was that the government will not repress or censor the exercise of freedoms. Likewise, and from the extinction of the National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data, the administration will safely safeguard the data of all people.
The last caravan of the year advances with difficulties
The self-proclaimed Last migrant caravan of the year, which left the border with Guatemala on the 20th, is advancing with difficulties along the coast of Chiapas, its members reported.
There are many women and children in very bad condition; They are fainting, their feet are badly bruised. The National Guard has told us that they will no longer accompany us on the road
announced Brayan Velázquez, one of the coordinators of the contingent, which advanced this Monday between the Chiapas municipalities of Mapastepec and Pijijiapan, about 120 kilometers from Tapachula.
Meanwhile, a group of approximately 300 undocumented immigrants from different Central American countries arrived on Monday morning at the facilities of the National Migration Institute in Acapulco, Guerrero, where they received safe passage to remain in the entity for 10 days before continuing their march north. from Mexico, the foreigners themselves announced.
With information from Édgar Clemente and Héctor Briseño, correspondents
