Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala urge protections for U.S. 'Dreamers'

Mexico and 2 Central American governments have expressed their desire to welcome people back from the U.S.

Mexico's deputy foreign minister says Mexico will welcome people with open "arms".

Mexico and the other 2 are very "concerned" with the new U.S. policy.

I suppose I would be too.


Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala urge protections for U.S. 'Dreamers'

Mexican, Salvadoran and Guatemalan officials expressed concern and sadness on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to phase out a popular program that shields hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants from deportation.

Mexico's deputy foreign minister, Carlos Sada, said the Trump's decision created "anxiety, anguish and fear." The change could affect some 625,000 Mexican nationals, a majority of the nearly 800,000 young men and women who were brought into the United States illegally as children and are protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

"They are exceptional. ... This is as emotional for the United States as for Mexico," Sada said at a news conference immediately following the announcement to end the program. He urged for a quick solution to the uncertainty that "dreamers," as they are commonly called, now face in their adopted home.

Immigrants who opt to return to Mexico will be welcomed with "open arms," Sada said, offering them assistance with work, finances and education.

Of course they want them back and are welcoming them with open arms. The DACA kids got to go to America, take advantage of the excellent schools here (in comparison to the Central American schools), essentially free of charge, and now we're sending them back to their home country. It amounts to an influx of highly educated and highly skilled individuals into what are otherwise essentially third world countries. It's a huge boon to those countries, they rarely if ever get educated, skilled workers entering their country.

It's essentially a redistribution of education from a wealthy, highly skilled country to poor, low skilled countries. Nothing but an upside for Mexico, El Salvador, and Guatemala.

a reply to: xuenchen

Of course they are concerned. It makes me wonder what their immigration laws are like.

As someone said, talk is cheap........... but it won't buy land. That's eight hundred thousand in number that would be returning. Minus the ones who skip out and go underground, full on illegal.

a reply to: xuenchen

They will be protected in a green bus with government markings,up till the border,they will get a free ride

a reply to: xuenchen

Yep they should be concerned because the policies here are terrible in every way.