December 5, 2024
Subject: Civil society organizations and human rights defenders demand protection for people on the move on both sides of the border as Donald Trump assumes the U.S. presidency.
Dra. Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
Constitutional President of the United Mexican States
Dr. Juan Ramón de la Fuente
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Lic. Rosa Icela Rodríguez
Secretary of the Interior
Please receive our warmest regards. The civil society organizations and human rights defenders who subscribe to this letter are addressing you regarding the implications arising from the arrival of President-elect Donald Trump to the White House. Following his statements during the electoral campaign and in this transition phase, we express our concern about the possible measures that could hinder the right to request and receive asylum, increase the detention of people with irregular immigration status, increase deportations, reduce migration pathways and delete residence permits and temporary status programs in the United States. Said measures could generate an extremely harmful scenario both for people on the move in Mexico and for those of Mexican descent in the United States if concrete actions are not implemented in the short and medium term.
Therefore, we urge the Mexican government to uphold the dignity and human rights of these populations by carrying out the following concrete actions:
