Mexico’s Interior Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez, on Monday, announced a project called “Mexico Embraces You,” providing support for Mexican citizens who could be deported from the United States following President Donald Trump‘s assumption of office.
“Mexico will do everything necessary to defend, care for and allocate what is needed to receive those who are repatriated in order to achieve their reincorporation to their native country,” Rodríguez said during a press conference on Monday.
Through the “Mexico Embraces You” plan, the country’s National Migration Institute will be in charge of receiving Mexicans from abroad, processing their repatriation and supporting transfers to their places of origin, the secretary said.
The government said Mexican citizens will be given 2,000 Mexican pesos (about $100) upon arrival to use during their transfer to their place of origin.
Rodríguez added that the National Population Registry, which is similar to the US Social Security number system, will process identity documents if necessary.
The interior secretary said that the government has been working and developing the plan since Trump pledged to carry out mass deportations.
The plan was developed in coordination with international organizations, including the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and UNICEF.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said that she would try to communicate with newly inaugurated President Trump’s team after the inauguration, and she asked Mexican citizens living in the US to remain calm.
