2024-04-15 07:08:25
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) of Mexico announced that our country will strengthen the consular protection of Mexicans in Iowa, USAdue to the implementation of the state law known as Senate File 2340.
This law contemplates detain and deport migrants without documents and has already set off alarm bells among activists, lawyers, migrants and the Mexican authorities.
The ley Senate File 2340 will consider a Serious felony the stay of a person without documents in Iowa and:
- Re-enters after being denied admission or was expelled from the United States
- He remains in the state after a denial of “immigration relief”
“The law seeks the criminalization of the migrant population, since it will allow law enforcement officials at the local and state level to arrest immigrants for undocumented stay, and enables state judges to order deportations”
SRE
Mexico prepares legal actions against Senate File 2024 law
It is worth remembering that before the Texas SB4 lawfrom which the law is inspired Senate File 2340Mexico has stated before a Court that the law is violation of human rights.
Our country has said that, as it has done with other similar initiatives, it will explore legal resources that contribute to the defense of people’s rights.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through its consular representation in Iowa, will be attentive to respond to any violation and, as it has done in response to similar initiatives, will explore legal resources that contribute to the defense of the rights of Mexican people in the state.”
SRE
In the amicus curiae that Mexico presented, it argued that 26 percent of the people in Texas are of Mexican or Mexican origin and emphasized the value of their work and contribution to the economy.
When will Iowa’s anti-immigrant law go into effect?
The law Senate File 2340 will come into force on July 1, 2024, which was promulgated this April 10 by the governor Kim Reynolds.
This law has similarities with the Texas Law which was suspended at the end of March. The State of Louisiana is also preparing a similar version in order to detain and deport migrants.
Iowa and Louisiana undertake laws similar to that of Texas
Tanto Texas, Louissiaa y Iowa are part of the states that claim the federal government of Joe Biden that has not taken up its federal responsibilities regarding migration.
They argue that this has put the security of the citizens of their states at risk, so they want to do what Joe Biden “is not willing to do.”
What else will Mexico do before Law Senate File 2340
The SRE He said that this law criminalizes the migrant population because the arrests to people without documents and judges may order deportations.
Mexico will provide information through its consulate in Omaha so that they know their rights and the consular assistance tools they can use.
They will also provide free legal advice with lawyers from the External Legal Advisory Program (PALE) and will carry out a day of free immigration diagnoses.
2024-04-15 07:08:25