Do you agree with Mexican NGO lays blame for migrants’ woes on inaction and deaf ears of the Central and South?
Do you agree with Mexican NGO lays blame for migrants’ woes on inaction and deaf ears of the Central and South American consulates ?
Mexican NGO lays blame for migrants’ woes
The Center of Border Studies and Promotion of Human Rights (CEPRODHAC) enumerated the main causes for the deaths and human rights violations of the migrants who seek the “American dream.” Rebeca Rodriguez, CEPRODHAC president, stated that the root causes are poverty, the lack of governmental programs to eradicate poverty in the countries that produce emigration, and also inaction and deaf ears of the Central and South American consulates, as well as the corruption that prevails in Mexico’s National Immigration Agency.
http://rotativo.com.mx/migracion/consulados-ignoran-peticiones-de-migrantes-acusa-ong/38452/html/
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Mexican congresswoman: people ought to move the same as free trade does
Rosa Marquez, Secretary for the Rural Development and Equity of the Distrito Federal stated that at least ¾ million D.F. area residents (“D.F.”: the area surrounding Mexico City) have migrated to the U.S. & Canada. The same area has received 1.5 billion dollars in individual monetary remittances from abroad up to 2009. Marquez emphasized the need to eradicate discrimination against migrants and” to reinforce public migratory policies.” A local congresswoman, Aleida Alvarez, said that if the world has commercial free trade treaties, “it is almost absurd that persons may not be able to move in the same manner.”
http://rotativo.com.mx/migracion/tan-solo-en-df-750-mil-personas-migran-a-norteamerica-y-canada/38377/html/
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Novedades de Quintana Roo (SIPSE.com) (Cancun, Q.R.) 9/1/10
Regarding the Cancun bar killings
The owner of the Cancun bar that was attacked with Molotov cocktails said that a week before they had received a threat from organized crime. Armed subjects arrived and said, “If you don’t give for your security we’re going to bring about a killing.” The thugs were asking for 40,000 pesos a month (approx. 3,000 dollars) for “security.” Six women and two men, all of them bar employees, died due to burns and asphyxia. Press data shows that the majority of the bars are threatened by the “Zetas.” A month ago, the owner of another bar, the “Costa Azul,” also refused to pay for security, and opted to close down his business. They were kidnapped when he and an employee arrived to put the place up for rent; neither has been heard from since then.
http://www.sipse.com/noticias/63491—pagas-vamos-hacerte-matazon-fotogaleria.html
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El Informador (Guadalajara, Jalisco) 9/1/10
Mexican federal police ranks being purged
Mexico’s federal police announced that 3,200 of its members, or 9.2% of the force, have been let go. The agency’s commissioner, Facundo Rosas, said that this was because those persons did not meet the requirements for retention, and not because they were linked to organized crime. An additional 1,020 federales” are about to be dismissed because of failure to meet “trustworthiness control exams” which include polygraph and anti-doping screening, among others.
http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico/2010/229852/6/historica-depuracion-en-la-policia-federal.htm
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El Imparcial (Hermosillo, Sonora) 9/1/10
Current data re monetary remittances
Individual monetary remittances sent to Mexico from abroad rose 1.84% in July and reached 1.867 billion dollars. The U.S. is the largest source of these remittances and, despite the economic recession, Mexico has received 12.495 billion dollars from January to July. That, along with petroleum, constitutes one of Mexico’s largest sources of income.
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Nacional/01092010/466393.aspx
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El Debate (state of Sinaloa) 9/1/10
Sinaloa following the example of Ciudad Juarez
The Mexican state of Sinaloa set a new monthly record: there were 233 homicides in August, an average of seven a day, and the year’s total has now reached 1,647. Twelve police agents and one member of the military are among the victims.
[The state of Sinaloa occupies a strip along Mexico’s west coast opposite the south end of the Baja California Peninsula. It is slightly smaller than West Virginia.]
http://www.debate.com.mx/eldebate/Articulos/ArticuloGeneral.asp?IdArt=10156720&IdCat=6112
how does a mexican citizen become a canadian resident?
My friend asked me a question the other day that really just made me think. How does a Mexican citizen become a Canadian resident. Her visa is about to expire in the U.S. and she would like to know if she can try to become a canadian resident. We live in a small town where there are no immigration lawyers. She has contacted a few in other places but no reply. Help please. How would she do it?
Did you see any reason why this illegal should not be deported Mexican teen could be deported Saturday?
An 18-year-old Mexican refugee claimant who contends he faces death in his homeland will be deported Saturday if the government does not grant him temporary residency.
On Friday, a Federal Court judge in Toronto dismissed Daniel Garcia’s application for a temporary stay of his deportation order. Outside of the Federal Court of Appeal, the teen’s supporters held a rally that called on the Citizenship and Immigration Department to keep Mr. Garcia in Canada.
“The application today was just denied. There is an application for a temporary residence permit to (Immigration Minister) Jason Kenney’s office, but we haven’t heard anything back from him,” said Mohan Mishra, an immigration caseworker with No One Is Illegal in Toronto.
“Despite community support from his friends, classmates, teachers, school trustees and church communities, we still see that Minister Kenney is burying his head in the sand,” Mr. Mishra said.
A flight has been scheduled for Mr. Garcia, although the time has not been released.
The Grade 11 student arrived in Canada as a minor in 2007 under the guardianship of his elder sister Brenda. The two had applied for refugee status, arguing that they faced persecution and possibly death in Mexico because Brenda is gay. They said they had already experienced discrimination and homophobic violence there.
Her application was denied and she was deported last Monday.
The younger Garcia has stayed in a Canada Border Services detention centre since Dec. 23.
According to the court decision, Mr. Garcia failed to report a change of his address when he moved in October 2010, and he failed to appear at an immigration hearing in November, which lead to a warrant for his arrest.
“The applicant’s behaviour shows complete disregard for Canada’s immigration laws,” the judge wrote in a court decision, noting Garcia didn’t apply “with clean hands.”
Read more: http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/12/31/mexican-teen-could-be-deported-saturday/#ixzz19k30m06d
Read more: http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/12/31/mexican-teen-could-be-deported-saturday/#ixzz19k2rnwXI
