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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | October 2007 
President Calderón Meets with Leaders of Mexican Communities Abroad
 Presidency of the Republic
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Mexican President Felipe Calderón met with a group of leaders of Mexican communities in the United States at the official residence last week.
Participants in the meeting have played a leading role as representatives of various organizations of Mexicans in that country, and as promoters of some of the most important initiatives for the protection of Mexicans' rights abroad.
During the meeting, President Calderón exchanged ideas with this group of leaders with the aim of coordinating the government’s main strategies regarding protection, consular assistance and support for the development of Mexican communities abroad.
The President was accompanied by the Secretaries of the Interior, Foreign Affairs, Social Development, Education and Health. In this respect, the occasion enabled those in charge of the various assistance and support programs for Mexican communities abroad to talk to this group with the aim of implementing more effective strategies for the development of Mexican communities abroad.
During the meeting, the community leaders shared their views with the president on the areas where they consider that action by the Mexican government and the consular representations of Mexico could be most useful to Mexicans residing in the United States.
The main matters dealt with at this meeting were consular reinforcement, legal strategies for mitigating the effects of legislative initiatives that harm migrants, political dialog with US organizations, support for the Mexican government within the sphere of economic development, actions for improving the image of Mexicans abroad, and programs of protection and assistance within Mexican territory.
This meeting is part of a series of activities involving analysis, consultation and rapprochement with Mexican communities abroad, which per the instructions of the president have been organized by the Foreign Affairs Secretariat, and which have included Mexican and American academics involved in the field of migration as well as Mexican consuls in the US cities with the largest Mexican communities.
The president plans to lead the celebration of the National Council for Mexican Communities Abroad, created in August 2002 with the aim of proposing and contributing to the promotion of government policies and actions to meet the demands of Mexican communities living outside the country, and the Ordinary Meeting of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad, comprising a large number of councilors elected by Mexican communities in the United States and Canada, together with representatives of the governments of the states, academics and specialists in the main topics of interest for Mexicans abroad.
The president has also instructed Mexican consuls to arrange a meeting in the near future in order to teach them about the specific strategies of protection and support for communities abroad in view of the increasing importance of providing for Mexican communities abroad.
Press release: Presidency of the Republic, October 26, 2007, Mexico City. Presidency of the Republic translation |
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