El Magonista | Jun. 20, 2024 | Vol. 12, No. 15

After following a legal path that allowed the creation of ‘affirmative actions’, the community of Mexicans abroad is moving forward to position itself in the Mexican Congress. The figure of migrant deputy was achieved at the federal level and in local congresses, but now, there will be a seat in the Senate of the Republic, from where they will fight so that Mexicans abroad are not only seen as a remittance, but also as people who have needs, which, from Mexico, can be solved.

Karina Ruiz came to the United States when she was 15 years old, as a teenager. Together with her parents from Tlalnepantla, she crossed Mexico to the north and crossed the border with the dream of working for a year, making money, returning to her homeland and starting a business.

But 24 years later, she is still in the United States, in Phoenix, Arizona, and now she has become the first Mexican migrant senator to hold a seat in the Upper House in Mexico.

Karina Ruiz now has 3 children and the oldest, 22, also fathered three, so she is already a happy and proud grandmother.

The next legislator knows the problems and difficulties of the countrymen living in the United States. She studied at Arizona State University She is one of the thousands of migrants who became dreamers, young immigrants who dreamed that they could become U.S. citizens thanks to the Dream Act, a legislative project that was born in 2001 but has not yet fully come to fruition. Read More. 

The Biden administration will allow certain immigrants lacking documentation who are married to U.S. citizens to stay in the country and work legally, expanding a program that’s currently used to provide papers to immediate family of military service members.

The Tuesday morning announcement comes amid the 12th anniversary celebration of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which President Biden will celebrate at the White House later in the day with immigrant advocacy and Latino leaders.

Biden’s move comes weeks after the administration adopted a crackdown on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border that angered the same groups the new measure is designed to please.

Neither measure came as a surprise: For months, immigration advocates had been dreading the border security initiative and eagerly awaiting the relief measure.

“The announcement to be made by the Biden administration today is the most significant positive immigration policy change in the last 12 years,” said Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García (D-Ill.), one of Congress’s most active pro-immigrant advocates.

“One child out of every ten in Illinois has an undocumented parent. These moms and dads have built lives in our country and have contributed to the economy, but live in constant fear of deportation.” Read More

When foreigners hear news from Mexico, it can often sound chaotic, involving cartels, crime or migration surges. But last night’s election results make clear that most Mexicans are pleased with their country’s direction.

Claudia Sheinbaum — the former mayor of Mexico City and the chosen successor of the current president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador — won the presidency easily. Sheinbaum, a leftist-leaning engineer, received about 58 percent of the vote, to around 29 percent for Xóchitl Gálvez, a centrist entrepreneur, and about 11 percent for Jorge Álvarez Máynez, a progressive candidate. Mexican law restricts presidents to a single term. (Votes are still being counted, see live results here.)

In today’s newsletter, we’ll explain why most Mexican citizens have been so satisfied with López Obrador (who’s often known by his initials, AMLO) and what challenges Sheinbaum will likely face, starting with violent crime, which is indeed a major problem.

Mexico’s election matters well beyond its borders. It is virtually tied with Canada as the biggest trading partner of the U.S. In the years ahead, U.S.-Mexico trade seems likely to increase, partly because tensions with China have given American companies a reason to move production to friendlier countries. Read More

On the 12th anniversary of the program that protected 530,000 young adults from deportation in CHIRLA they call for civic action before a ruling is issued on their future and urge President Biden to permanently extend security.

In the celebration of the 12th. anniversary of the creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, dozens of immigrants and leaders attached to the Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) urged President Joe Biden’s administration to establish permanent protections for hundreds of thousands of program beneficiaries.

During a demonstration of struggle to defend the thousands of DACA beneficiaries that took place at the Los Angeles Trade Technical College, dozens of protesters shouted: “Biden listen, DACA is our fight!”, “What do we want? Citizenship! When? Now!”.  
 

They marched around a bus where they summarized their message: “President Biden: DACA is part of your legacy. You made a promise. Expand and strengthen protections for immigrants, now! (“President Biden: DACA is part of your legacy. You made a promise. Expand and strengthen protections for immigrants, now! 

A dark panorama in the court 

Between now and before the November general election, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit could rule on the legality of DACA, the directive implemented with former President Barack Obama’s executive action on June 15, 2012. Read More

Claudia Sheinbaum won a landslide victory to become Mexico’s first female president, inheriting the project of her mentor and outgoing leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador whose popularity among the poor helped drive her triumph.

Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, won the presidency with between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, according to a rapid sample count by Mexico’s electoral authority. That is set to be the highest vote percentage in Mexico’s democratic history.

The ruling coalition was also on track for a possible two-thirds super majority in both houses of Congress, which would allow the coalition to pass constitutional reforms without opposition support, according to the range of results given by the electoral authority.

Opposition candidate Xochitl Galvez conceded defeat after preliminary results showed her taking between 26.6% and 28.6% of the vote.

“For the first time in the 200 years of the republic I will become the first woman president of Mexico,” Sheinbaum told supporters to loud cheers of “president, president”.

Victory for Sheinbaum is a major step for Mexico, a country known for its macho culture and home to the world’s second biggest Roman Catholic population, which for years pushed more traditional values and roles for women.

Sheinbaum is the first woman to win a general election in the United States, Mexico or Canada .Read More

Event Hosted by the Historical Society of Long Beach (HSLB) & The Long Beach Chicano Community History Committee