MEXICO CITY, Aug 8 (NNN-XINHUA) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized the latest anti-migrant raids in the United States, vowing to protect Mexican nationals staying in the neighboring country.
“We do not agree with the raids, and we will protect and help our compatriots,” the Mexican president said at her daily press conference.
Sheinbaum, who has urged efforts for the role of migrants in the US economy to be recognized, has worked to strengthen Mexico’s consular service in the US to protect Mexicans deported or detained, including the Mexicans being held at the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center in the US state of Florida, according to Rutilio Escandon Cadenas, the Mexican general consul in Miami, Florida.
From Jan 20 to Aug 1, more than 75,900 Mexicans were repatriated from the US, according to the Mexican government. — NNN-XINHUA