In Binational Conversation, 75th Legislature Analyzes Migration Issue

Morelia, Michoacán.- To strengthen the legal tools that contribute to guaranteeing safe human displacement, with respect for individual guarantees, the 75th Legislature of Michoacán held the discussion “Binational Legislative Panorama, a View from Migration and its Human Rights”.
At the event coordinated by the Migration Commission, chaired by Deputy Víctor Manuel Manríquez, legislator Laura Ivonne Pantoja Abascal, president of the Board of Directors, highlighted that there are more than four million Michoacans currently living in the United States.
He added that “we cannot deny that the security conditions, in Michoacán and throughout the country, make migration an option for many citizens to protect themselves; Therefore, it is imperative to design strategies so that young people do not have to turn to other nations to seek a better quality of life,” he stressed.
For his part, Deputy Víctor Manuel Manríquez, president of the Migration Commission, celebrated the union to strengthen ties between Michoacán and the United States, through an exchange of agendas of forces to link legislative agendas.
“Working hand in hand with U.S. lawmakers to address the challenges and opportunities presented by migration allows us to highlight the positives and find solutions to common challenges, from different perspectives,” he said.
The special guest, Illinois State Senator Karina Villa, who is the daughter of Mexican parents, pointed out that the Latino presence is regaining greater strength in the neighboring country to the north and said that, currently, there are 16 Latino senators who managed to approve the increase in the minimum wage, which was previously $11 and is now $15 an hour.
In addition, he shared that, in the same way, the group of Latinos joined to promote the law that guarantees health care to low-income people, over 65, “migrants contribute taxes, have businesses, generate economic movement, so they have the right to receive benefits,” he said.
Likewise, Deputy Eréndira Isauro, member of the Migration Commission, said that the challenge is great and much remains to be done, but that the State Congress continues to work on breaking down walls and borders, “after several working groups, with various government institutions, it was possible to approve a reform to the Law for the Care and Protection of Migrants and their Families, which aims to promote and protect their human rights,” he said.
Speaking at the event, Congresswoman Adriana Hernández Iñiguez, president of the Commission for the Protection of Children and Adolescents, said she was concerned and concerned about the issue of children traveling alone to the United States. In addition, he announced that they are working on the possibility of implementing Listening Centers in the United States, so that victims of violence can receive comprehensive care.
On behalf of the Political Coordination Board, Deputy Jesús Hernández Peña, also a member of the Migration Commission, closed the meeting by calling on them to raise their voices for migrants, and to continue working for this sector with which they continue to have a debt.
It should be noted that the event was attended by Deputy Víctor Hugo Zurita, president of the Special Commission for Attention to Persons with Disabilities; María Guadalupe Díaz Chagolla, member of the Commission for the Protection of Children and Adolescents; Mario Rodríguez Martínez, director of the National School of Higher Studies UNAM Morelia Campus; Artemio Arreola, Representative of the Federation of Michoacan Clubs in Illinois and Isabel Ramírez Ramírez, President of the Board of Directors UNAM Campus Morelia.

Original source in Spanish