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AZMEX I3 14 JUL 2019

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Thousand of Mexicans deported from the United States
The Mexican diplomatic corps will focus on trying to delay the proceedings or identify arbitrary arrests

Reforma
Sunday, 14 July 2019 | 15:39

https://diario.mx/nacional/esperan-mil-807-mexicanos-deportacion-en-estados-unidos-20190714-1539416.html

Mexico City.- In the coming days, 1,807 Mexicans detained in the United States could be deported to the country, said Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard.

In a press conference, Ambassador Martha Bárcena explained that up to July 1, in the different detention centers in the United States,
there were 1,807 Mexicans already with deportation orders.

Given this situation,
the Mexican diplomatic corps will focus on trying to delay deportations
or identify arbitrary detentions,
added Alejandro Celorio, legal consultant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE).

Foreign Minister Ebrard assured that Mexico has the capacity to receive all the nationals that may be deported in the coming days.
"What the Ambassador tells us is that what they are going to do is seek to deport those who have a definitive deportation order,
which at the moment is one thousand 807," the official said.
"Until now I'm not worried that we were overtaken by this number, we would not have problems to receive them."

These Mexicans would be the first affected by the Donald Trump raids, as they will be deported to free spaces in the detention centers.

Although so far there are no reports of Mexicans detained in the raids this Sunday, the Foreign Minister said
that depending on what happens in the next few hours, SRE personnel will begin a deployment to the United States.

At first, the legal consultant, the director of Protection for Mexicans Abroad and the head of Consular Services of the Foreign Ministry
would be sent, if the scenario worsens will also be the assistant secretary for North America and the Chancellor himself.

The raids that begin today are aimed at migrants who already have a definitive deportation order issued by US authorities,
which are just over one million 90 thousand people of different nationalities.

However, the consultant Celorio warned that when carrying out this type of operation,
other migrants could be identified and detained in an irregular condition, which he called "collateral arrests".

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