Arturo Sánchez Jiménez
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La Jornada Newspaper
Monday, January 20, 2025, p. 2
Chinantla, Pue., A few hours before Donald Trump begins his second presidential term in the United States, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo reiterated yesterday that her government will protect Mexican migrants in the face of threats of mass deportations launched by the magnate and Republican politician.
Although she is confident that a good understanding will be achieved with the government of the New York millionaire, Sheinbaum Pardo was clear: Let it be heard well and far: Mexico is neither a colony nor a protectorate of anyone. We are a free, independent and sovereign country. We will always defend our people and our country
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At the Chinantla Sports Center, where he handed out cards from the Women’s Welfare Pension, he highlighted the importance of Mexicans to the United States economy.
Without our compatriots, the US economy could not function. Seven out of every 10 farm workers in that country are of Mexican origin. Would they have food on the table if it weren’t for our countrymen and women?
he asked before thousands of attendees.
“What would New York be without the Mixtecs? That’s why we call it ‘Puebla York’, because there they work in services, construction and they also move the economy of that country forward,” he stated.
By asking attendees if they have family on the other side of the border. The Chief Executive said that she herself has relatives there.
He affirmed that Mexicans who live on US soil are good people and recalled that in 2024 they sent a total of 65 billion dollars to their families in our country, the most important foreign currency income for the nation.
This shows the brotherhood and solidarity of our people. Families here remain in contact with our loved ones who are there. They call us, they support us, and what they send helps support Mexican families and the entire country.
he stressed at the conclusion of a work tour that began on Thursday and in which he traveled by land to Acapulco, the region of La Montaña de Guerrero and the Mixteca region of Puebla.
After emphasizing that remittances represent only 20 percent of the resources that Mexicans generate in their northern neighbor, he maintained that the rest stays in that country. Sheinbaum emphasized that his government has a defense strategy ready through the Mexican consular network in the United States.
This strategy will include legal advice, support in deportation cases and the promotion of labor rights of Mexican workers.
However, he stressed that the US government itself knows that it needs migrants.
The United States government also knows that it could not advance its economy if it were not for the Mexicans who live on the other side.
he declared.
She pointed out that former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador had a good understanding with Trump and she intends to recover it.
The Morenoist governor of Puebla, Alejandro Armenta, asked who will rebuild Los Angeles if the Mexicans are deported. He added that the state is ready to receive those who are returned to Mexico.
