Let her come and listen to us

Following the resounding victory of Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, who with almost 60% of the vote and more than 35 million ballots, becomes the first woman elected as the nation's president, Mexicans living abroad are anticipating the new government.

Sheinbaum Pardo promised to address the issue of migration by tackling its causes from a humanitarian perspective, but she also committed to ensuring the prosperity of the migrant community and, above all, to supporting and defending it.

Now that she is the virtual President of Mexico, she must deliver.

Avelino Meza, Secretary-General of Fuerza Migrante, noted in an interview with El Heraldo de México USA that recognizing Mexico as a binational country is fundamental, a vision that should be broadly integrated across all areas of attention within the cabinet.

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One thing the current government has done very well and hopes to continue, he noted, is being a permanent manager of work visas because this has expanded the possibility for people to come and work seasonally. However, he added, development needs to be in Mexico.

Regarding the regularization of more than 5 million Mexicans living in the United States without legal status, which has been an objective since the current administration, Meza emphasized that since Mexico does not have real authority to determine this issue, in order to influence and motivate or pressure the U.S. Congress and the executive to issue some sort of amnesty allowing such regularization, what it really needs to do is to be an interlocutor with good proposals on other issues.

Meanwhile, the president of the Commission on Migratory Affairs of this non-partisan binational movement, Jonathan Bárcenas, highlighted that the migrant community has not yet seen responses from representatives in Congress or governments to their needs.

"The lack of access to healthcare is a crucial issue. Washington has been a pioneer and is the only state that allows undocumented migrants to purchase health insurance, but it is still inaccessible due to the cost. Education is another priority," he said.

Given that the realities of migrants are multiple and their problems and needs even depend on the different states they reside in, the first thing, he reiterated, is to open the door to conversation with Mexicans who are only looking for the possibility of thriving, whether in the United States or in Mexico.