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Mexico, 18 nov (EFE). - Leaders of Mexican immigrants in the United States asked yesterday for the creation in Mexico of a ministry that takes care of this social phenomenon and to open the Congress to the immigrants so that they can be Representives and Senators.

These suggestions form part of the conclusions of the First Parliament of Migrant Leaders, that took part on Friday and yesterday in the House of Representatives in Mexico. This forum counted on 540 representatives of groups of immigrants in the United States and had the participation of the activist Elvira Arellano, who was deported to Mexico on the August 20. During the parliament, strategies of lobbying and initiatives of law were analyzed, the protection and attention of immigrants and the formulas of shipment of remittances.

In the conclusions, indicated by an official notice of the House of Representatives, the immigrants requested that the Mexican government create a Secretary of Migrants, so that it takes care of the necessities of that sector of the population. In the United States, 11 million Mexicans live in that country, half of which are undocumented. Also they requested reforms in the Mexican electoral laws so that it allows the immigrants to occupy ten seats in the House of Representatives and two in the Senate. Another proposal menioned is tto allowe the Mexican immigrants to vote abroad presenting/displaying their passport, since the laws demands that they register in a special register and have a voter credential.

The Mexican Congress must make true of these proposals "because there are many leaders present who represent millions of Mexicans, we must recognize that this is a part of the citizens of Mexico that do not have representation, and they must have it", said Raymundo Cardenas, Congressman of the leftist Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD).

Congressman Andrés Bermúdez supported this position, of the National Action Party (PAN). "they are requesting that we help them, we already received their proposals, we cannot turn back to the truth", said Bermúdez. EFE