Mexico Sending Hundreds of Lawyers to Aid Illegal Migrants in U.S.A.

The Mexican government is sending hundreds of lawyers north into the U.S. to provide legal shields for Mexico’s four million illegal migrants currently in the United States.

The government wants to protect Mexican migrants from deportation, in part because they send billions of their U.S. earnings back to Mexico. In 2023, for instance, they sent more than $63 billion of these remittances to their relatives outside the U.S.

Authorities in Mexico announced the pending release of a new app backed by hundreds of Mexican lawyers that will help Mexican citizens living illegally in the U.S.A. to respond to being targeted for deportation by U.S. immigration authorities.

The app, called “Alert Button,” will reportedly allow Mexican citizens living illegally in the U.S. and who are being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to warn relatives in Mexico of their status. It will also alert the closest Mexican consulate about the detention upon which the Mexican lawyers will leap into action.

After announcing the app, Mexico Foreign Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente urged Mexicans living illegally in the U.S. to register to use the app, saying, “Not everyone has done this yet. We strongly encourage everyone to register with our consulates as this enables us to provide legal protection when needed.”

“I have personally attended several open meetings where the key message is to tell our fellow citizens that they are not alone and will not be alone,” Secretary de la Fuente said, adding that the app will go live sometime in January, Axios reported.

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