Alonso Urrutia and Emir Olivares
La Jornada Newspaper
Tuesday, December 24, 2024, p. 3
Given the new threats by the next president of the United States, Donald Trump, to consider drug cartels terrorist organizations, President Claudia Sheinbaum maintained that in his statements never talks about the intervention in Mexico, never
. For this reason, he asked not to decontextualize this information to Don’t get caught up in the topics and simply listen well to what they are saying.
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When referring to Trump’s positions for the second consecutive day, the president trusted that Just as he had a good relationship with the president (Andrés Manuel) López Obrador, of respect, I am convinced that we are going to have good ties
. He indicated that he is waiting for the appointments in Trump’s cabinet to be formalized to begin rapprochement between the work teams that will lead to the formation of collaboration agreements.
He reported that under the coordination of the Secretary of the Interior, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, an inter-institutional program is being prepared in case the mass deportations announced by the next head of the White House become effective. The president said that in Mexico we are prepared
with actions by the federal and state governments, in order to help nationals who may be repatriated, but also to provide legal assistance to those who require it in the United States.
He stated that the objective is that upon arrival in Mexico they are offered a good reception, that they do not feel abandoned and that they know where to arrive. In the event that they require transfer to their places of origin, they are supported; We will seek to immediately incorporate them into the Welfare programs to which they are entitled; that there be a job bank so that they have the possibility of working in Mexico and obtain facilities to communicate with their families. If there is, we are preparing for it
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Sheinbaum was very clear in pointing out that these actions are specifically aimed at compatriots who could be deported. Although Mexico is supportive and generous with all nationalities, we ask that we welcome Mexicans, but that there must be a way for the other nationalities to be repatriated to their countries of origin; because Mexico is supportive, but we ask that there be the necessary resource so that they can be repatriated to their countries
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He criticized that in light of Trump’s statements, some opposition leaders, like in the 19th century when the conservatives went to bring Maximilian, celebrated the possibility of a US intervention in Mexico. It’s a hatred they have, something like that, that comes from I don’t know where. Let them take in the Christmas spirit, calm down. Imagine celebrating that there was an intervention in our country; or this idea of misogynistic, sexist comments, at levels that are even embarrassing.
He trusted that some of the current agreements with the Joe Biden administration will be maintained, such as the management and delivery of CBP One applications, which is granted to some migrants to be able to apply for work visas on a temporary basis. In some cases in which those who enter the country do not have this procedure, in Mexico they are offered work options or transfers to their countries of origin, which is why now the caravans of migrants that enter our country no longer reach the border. north.
On the other hand, Sheinbaum recalled that Trump referred to the Panama Canal and expressed: “our solidarity and support for the president and the Panamanian people.”
