Those migrants who wish to be vaccinated will also be considered. Although this campaign is not specific to this population, it is essential in the current context, because US President Donald Trump has threatened to deport thousands of immigrants.
As low temperatures wreak havoc in northern states, dozens of immigrants are expected to remain in shelters in Mexican border cities while the federal government repatriates them to their places of origin.
According to data from the White House, only on Tuesday, January 21, 308 migrants were detained, one day before Trump returned to the presidency and will begin his campaign against immigration, which considers mass deportations and implementing the Stay in program again. Mexico.
The first foreigners and Mexicans arrived yesterday in border cities such as Matamoros, Reynosa, Ciudad Juárez and Tijuana.
“Let’s take advantage of this opportunity to access vaccination, which will protect us from diseases and will allow us to have healthy children, adolescents and adults,” urged Gilberto Baeza, Secretary of Health of Chihuahua.
Before arriving in Ciudad Juárez, the binational vaccination campaign was applied in Tijuana, Baja California in the first half of January. On that day, vaccination activities were carried out at the Otay border crossing and at the nine border crossings between Baja California and the United States in coordination with San Diego County. The objective was to protect vulnerable groups in one of the regions with the highest migratory flow.
“Vaccinating is building a more equitable world and, when we talk about vaccinating at the border, we talk about collaboration and how two countries can come together to protect their citizens,” declared Ramiro López Elizalde, federal undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion.
Every year, globally, vaccination saves the lives of between 3.5 and 5 million people. Investment in vaccination has a return level of between seven and 12 dollars for every dollar invested, added the general director of the National Center for Child and Adolescent Health (Censia), Daniel Aceves.
