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The Prime Minister of Mexico City Claudia Sheinbaum received dreamers in youth, who were taken to the United States as minors and returned to Mexico for the first time in the summer of 2021, which considered proof that the country's capital is hospitable and recognizes the rights of migrants in the American Union.
Management of the book launch, "Anthology of dreams of an impossible journey" - which compiles a selection of the best essays from more than 200 Dreamers - the president of the capital affirmed that millions of Mexicans had to migrate with their children to the United States becoming heroes for facing a life without rights and with the fear of being found by an immigration officer.
"I am very happy that you are here today, it represents your visit to Mexico, our affection, our love for all the compatriots who live in the United States; it represents that Mexico, Mexico City is a hospitable city; it represents the struggle of the Fourth Transformation for the recognition of the rights of migrants in the United States and the struggle we take wherever we are.
"They face inexplicable racism because Mexican men and women contribute a lot to the U.S. economy, that's why I say inexplicable. They are heroes and heroines because they not only support the U.S. economy, but they largely support Mexico's economy," she added.
She indicated that during the meetings between President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his counterpart in the United States, Joe Biden, the rights of Mexicans living on the other side of the border were expressed.
The general coordinator of advisors and international affairs, Diana Alarcón González, said that for some of the dreamers this is her first visit to Mexico City, so she thanked the government of Mexico City to be considered to accompany the presentation of the Anthology towards the end of her trip to Mexico.
"We hope to see you again on many more trips to this city, to receive you if you decide to return to Mexico, but also to keep in touch with you in the cities where you live," she said.
The president and director of the California-Mexico Study Center and compiler of the "Dream Anthology of an Impossible Journey", Armando Vázquez Ramos, paid post-mortem tribute to lawyer Jorge González, was honored and thanked for his work to demand that the United States government, under the presidency of Joe Biden, approve the permits of 215 young dreamers to come to Mexico in 2021, while another 200 have returned this year, which will be joined by three other groups that will arrive in December and January 2023.
"And by the end of the year we will be able to bring 700 of these young people to Mexico, many of whom have been able to return until the age of 30. Then this book tells how this fight was carried out and we have here, in us, the widow of Jorge, a great friend, who is the one who died recently and I invited her to introduce him to this book," he said.
The general director of TELECOMM, Rocío Mejía Flores, explained that the government of Mexico City, headed by Sheinbaum Pardo, has done everything possible and impossible for the advancement of young people and migrants, which goes hand in hand with the government policy of Mexico; It is therefore an ideal context for dreamers who can earn a living in Mexico or the United States.
