{"id":8704,"date":"2017-03-05T03:52:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T03:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/mexico-opens-legal-aid-centres-to-fight-us-deportations\/"},"modified":"2017-03-05T03:52:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T03:52:01","slug":"mexico-opens-legal-aid-centres-to-fight-us-deportations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/mexico-opens-legal-aid-centres-to-fight-us-deportations\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico opens legal aid centres to fight US deportations"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"US immigration agents detain a suspect in Los Angeles, California, on 7 February 2017\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/FD0A\/production\/_94787746_hi038022635.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Reuters<figcaption>Image caption                                      Migrants suspect of any offence, including traffic violations, will be targeted for deportation                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Mexico has opened legal aid centres at consulates in 50 US cities, in a move designed to protect its citizens from tougher immigration enforcement. <\/p>\n<p>Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray reaffirmed concerns about the human rights of Mexicans in the US.<\/p>\n<p>But migrant defence centres would not &quot;promote illegality,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico is worried about the impact that guidelines issued last month by President Donald Trump will have on the lives of its citizens. <\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump ordered federal agents to join local police and immigration officers to enforce deportation procedures. <\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  Getty Images<figcaption>Image caption                                      Anti-deportation protests have led to arrests across the United States                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Millions of Mexicans who have lived in the US for many years are suddenly facing the prospect of fighting a lengthy and costly legal battle against deportation. <\/p>\n<p>The new defence centres will provide free legal assistance for Mexican citizens who feel that their rights in the US are being threatened. <\/p>\n<p>Bilateral relations have reached its lowest point in decades.<\/p>\n<p>A week after being sworn in January, Mr Trump reaffirmed his intention to build a wall along his country&#039;s southern border, which extends for 3,200km (2,000 miles).<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that Mexico would have to bear the cost of the proposed wall.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks prompted President Enrique Pena Nieto to cancel a visit to Washington on 31 January and to announce extra funding to protect the rights of Mexican citizens in the US.<\/p>\n<p>During a visit to Mexico by last month by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Chief John Kelly, Mr Videgaray said President Trump&#039;s policies towards Mexico were a source of &quot;concern and irritation&quot;. <\/p>\n<p>There are an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the US. Six million of them are reportedly Mexican citizens.<\/p>\n<p><a rel='nofollow' href=http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-39170734 target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright ReutersImage caption Migrants suspect of any offence, including traffic violations, will be targeted for deportation Mexico has opened legal aid centres at consulates in 50 US cities, in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}