Mexico announces the creation of an “alert button” for its nationals in the United States threatened by the mass expulsions promised by Donald Trump

The Mexican government announced on Friday, December 27, the establishment of a “alert button” for its nationals in the United States threatened by the mass expulsions promised by President-elect Donald Trump after his inauguration on January 20. “If you find yourself in a situation of imminent arrest, you activate an alert button which sends a signal to the nearest consulate”detailed the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Juan Ramon de la Fuente.

Mexico has a network of around fifty consulates in the United States serving the twelve million Mexican migrants north of the Rio Grande, not counting dual nationals and descendants of Mexicans. The app should also send a message to the person's relatives and the foreign ministry, de la Fuente added during President Claudia Sheinbaum's morning press conference. The application will be available in January, he said.

Elected on November 5, Republican candidate Donald Trump will be inaugurated on January 20. The billionaire qualified « d’invasion » the entry of migrants without a visa into the United States via the border with Mexico. He promised to implement “the largest expulsion operation [d’étrangers] in the history of the United States » by declaring a state of emergency and relying on the army.

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Mexico is in contact with the governments of other countries in the region from which candidates for the American dream come, such as Honduras and Guatemala, said the Mexican minister. A ministerial meeting is planned.

The Mexican government is preparing a document that emphasizes the contribution of Mexican workers to the American economy, said President Claudia Sheinbaum. Many of them live and work without legal documents in the United States.

It is estimated that Mexicans living in the United States will have sent a total of “nearly 66.5 billion dollars in the country in 2024, which will represent 3.7% of the national GDP”indicates the BBVA bank in a document dated August 29.

“More than 1.7 million households, or 6.1 million people, depend directly on these resources”adds the Spanish bank leader in the Mexican market on the subject of « remittances »money transfers from Mexicans abroad to their country of origin.