translated from Spanish: Migrant community joins Ivan Pérez Negrón project

Morelia, Michoacán.- Through a statement they reported that the Migrant Coalition of Michoacán that integrates more than 20 associations, joins the project of the mayoral candidate of Morelia, Iván Pérez Negrón, standard-bearer of the Coalition Together We will make history, of the Morena parties and Labor Party (PT), considering that it represents the best productive and inclusive project, in favor of the migrant community.
“I want to announce before you that we will create the Morelian Institute for The Care of Indigenous peoples and Migrants, for this we will make the necessary efforts to make this a functioning body and can provide support and accompaniment to its problems, have the confidence that I know how to do it,” iván Pérez said, in the meeting with different clubs , confederations, associations and foundations of morelians and morelians living abroad.
The candidate said that the work agenda between the Institute and migrants should come out of meetings and open dialogue with associations representing millions of Michoacans in the United States, because they have the experience and needs, they must have a voice and be represented in the already social political life of the municipality.
“The organizations that make up the Migrant Coalition of Michoacán, we support the candidacy of Iván Pérez Negrón, considering that his political project meets the requirements of our public agenda including for migrants, and that he has already signed the letter of engagement for the migrant community,” said Noga Mendóza Medellín, Technical Secretary of the Coalition.
The Morenista candidate added that, with the help of Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla, the next governor of Michoacán, the transition will be made for the Secretariat of the Migrant of the State, to become an operational body, with productive substance, that is in the hands of the people who have fought for the cause and not just a paperwork office.
“My commitment is to those who have had to make the difficult decision, those who return, those with migrant status residing in Morelia, as well as for their families; the project he represented will focus on improving the living condition of the moreenes regardless of their immigration status,” the candidate emphasized.
The meeting was attended by representatives of migrant organizations such as California Foundation Latino Migrants, Migrant Force Without Frontier A.C, Migrant Fighting Movement Union of Field Workers, L.A Casa Morelia a Place for All, United Across Borders Foundation, Mireles A.C Foundation, Binational Independent Candidates, Uruapan Migrant Club, Migrant Support A.C, Mundinovi Cultural Development A.C , International Union of Women of Law A.C, Migrant Council of Michoacana Families, Talents in Movement A.C, Binational Council of Michoacan Migrants, Isis Network of Lawyers A.C, Integration Without Horizons A.C, Museum of Culture Arts and Traditions “Fray Juan de San Miguel” A.C, Dr. María Elena Rivera Heredia, researcher and specialist of migration and mental health; Dr. Jean Cadet Odimba OnEtambalako, human rights and migration specialist and researcher; Noga Mendoza Medellín, Technical Secretary of the Migrant Coalition of Michoacán, among others.

Original source in Spanish