Thread: Mexico expects more migrants to return from US in 2021

Mexico expects more migrants to return from US in 2021



ELECTIONS

by: Associated Press

Posted: Dec 18, 2020 / 07:00 PM GMT-0600 / Updated: Dec 18, 2020 / 07:03 PM GMT-0600







Storm clouds swirl above a sign at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry along the US-Mexico border June 27, 2007 in Columbus, New Mexico. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)





MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials said Friday they expect even more migrants to come back to Mexico from the United States, both as a result of deportations and voluntary returns.

While there are no numbers on how many Mexicans have returned because of the coronavirus pandemic, anecdotal evidence suggest that may be happening as job opportunities decrease in the United States.

“Recent history has shown us that in moments of economic crisis, there is an increase in the number of our countrymen who return to our country,” Interior Secretary Olga Sánchez Cordero said. “In this situation where the coronavirus pandemic is continuing, we have to be prepared for this.”

VIDEO: ICE deportation flights continue from South Texas

One factor officials did cite was the change of U.S. leadership. They compared figures showing that during the administration of President Barack Obama — when President-elect Joe Biden was vice president — almost twice as many Mexicans were deported annually than under President Donald Trump.

“The impending change in the presidency of the United States of America will, without doubt, bring new challenges for our country,” Sánchez Cordero said.

Luis Gutierrez Reyes, the head of the Institute for Mexicans Abroad, said that “the panorama in the future is complicated” and that “we expect more migrants to return in 2021.”

Gutierrez Reyes expressed the greatest concern for the estimated 3 million Mexicans living without residency documents in the United States. They have been living there on average for about 15 years.







In this July 31, 2019, file photo, migrants return to Mexico, using the Puerta Mexico bridge that crosses the Rio Grande river, in Matamoros, Mexico, on the border with Brownsville, Texas. Mexican officials said Friday, Dec. 18, 2020 they expect even more migrants to come back to Mexico from the United States, both as a result of deportations and voluntary returns.

(AP Photo/Emilio Espejel, File)

Gutierrez Reyes said Mexico does not have adequate border offices to give the returning migrants the services they deserve. For example, many have been living in the United States for so long they may no longer have valid Mexican identification documents.

He suggested that the biometric data of returning migrants be gathered and that basic identification documents be issued to them quickly.

So far this year, 178,276 Mexicans have returned, either voluntary or through deportation.



https://www.borderreport.com/politic...om-us-in-2021/

E-verify housing, school, healthcare.

EVICT them from our housing!

No bank accounts, no home loans, no car loans, no IRS child tax credits. Make them self deport with their minor children.

Should be bringing some manufacturing jobs back from China and build up SOUTHERN MEXICO where they can build new villages, stay home and work there.

We should not be shipping anything from China when it is cheaper to ship from Southern Mexico. Away from our border!