Thread: Mexicans deported from U.S. will get free ride home

Mexicans deported from U.S. will get free ride home

Program to provide additional services

By Sandra Dibble
STAFF WRITER

April 1, 2008

TIJUANA – Mexicans who are deported from the United States or leave voluntarily after being apprehended are being offered free trips back to their hometowns under a pilot program launched yesterday.



The Tijuana program, dubbed Humanitarian Repatriation, will also ensure that returning Mexicans receive shelter, food, emergency medical care and temporary employment upon their return to Mexico. President Felipe Calderón announced the program in December, and federal officials hope to expand it to other communities along Mexico's northern border.
Ten Mexican federal immigration agents trained to work with returning migrants have been assigned to Tijuana under the program. The agents will assess the returnees' psychological health and help them contact family and obtain identification papers.

Mexico's federal government has not allocated additional funds for the program, but by shifting around existing resources as well as coordinating efforts among government agencies, religious organizations and nonprofit groups, officials say they hope to step up support for Mexicans who are forced to return.

“We're joining together talents, resources, energy,â€

These are people, not numbers; they're flesh and blood, with souls, with spirit, that suffer the pain of having left their land and those they love the [b]most in the world,â€

I hope they make it mandatory to get on the bus or plane to go home instead of sneaking back into the USA.

I am not sure we are people anymore . Seeing as how our HR dept is now calling us human capital..

Originally Posted by fmrjarhead

I am not sure we are people anymore . Seeing as how our HR dept is now calling us human capital..

The documents obtained by Judicial Watch (available for download on their site) regarding the NAU/SPP also refer to people as "Human Capital"

http://www.judicialwatch.org/search/node/spp

[quote="azwreath"]These are people, not numbers; they're flesh and blood, with souls, with spirit, that suffer the pain of having left their land and those they love the [b]most in the world,â€

Well, apparently they are taking it that this isn't going to stop. Maybe the Bush administration, said they can't and Calderon is saying they need to get those people back to their homes in Mexico. I see this as a positive that they had to set this up at their own expense and trouble because they see no end to it.

Originally Posted by Gogo

Well, apparently they are taking it that this isn't going to stop. Maybe the Bush administration, said they can't and Calderon is saying they need to get those people back to their homes in Mexico. I see this as a positive that they had to set this up at their own expense and trouble because they see no end to it.

Absolutely Gogo. The bottom line is they are being deported and there must be enough of them being deported in order for Mexico to implement such a program.

It is a good sign.

"...Mexicans who are forced to return."

OHHHHH, IS THAT WHAT DEPORTEES ARE CALLED NOW..."Mexicans who are forced to return"....ok, I have to remember that.

Ten Mexican federal immigration agents trained to work with returning migrants have been assigned to Tijuana under the program. The agents will assess the returnees' psychological health and help them contact family and obtain identification papers.

Only 10? Can't Mexico supply more agents than that for illegal migrants? Because according to the article "1.5 million Mexicans are sent back from the United States each year".