In addition, it has already become known about the appointment of former congresswoman Kristi Noem as the new Secretary of Homeland Security. The trio suggests there are three people who played a key role in the mastermind behind the attack on migrants.

Hawks and absolutely loyal to Trump

Chacon emphasized that with the designation Homan, Miller and Noem guaranteed to repeat misconception that a migrant worker underlies many serious problems facing society in a neighboring country.

(Hawks) Yes, according to Hawks’ classification, these are people who have been faithful repeaters of the assertion that the problems facing American society are due to the presence of unauthorized aliens in the country, which is absolutely false, since the conditions that explain the discontent of large sections of the population in The United States has nothing to do with the immigration issue.

The specialist noted that the challenge for the group of people chosen by Trump for a second term (2025-2029) will be reconcile all these wrong anti-immigrant ideas, but popular, with the value that foreign labor actually has in the United States.

“The vast majority of foreigners living in the United States are workers. Employers are likely already concerned about what this could mean for the sustainability of their operations. economic and commercial possibility that “Day after day people are being arrested, detained and deported.”

Foreign labor plays a vital role in various areas of the labor market in the United States.

Raids, mass deportations and termination of programs

In the foreseeable case, that implement these anti-immigrant policies in the United States over the next few years, Chacon thought through the scenarios both on the border and deep into the North American country.

“On the one hand, we have a border issue on which the Trump administration, starting in January, will have power to close the southern border of the United States and arrest anyone who dares to cross the road.”

There is already talk about the creation of military bases along the border strip, which will be turned into detention centers for foreigners. There is also talk of using the US Air Force to transport deportees to their countries of origin.

“There are some legal problems that they will have to deal with, in particular, the fact that no deportation agreement with all countries whose citizens may have been part of this group of detainees.”

The policy of chasing immigrants into the interior of the country would be reminiscent of the times of the former president George Bush and his former Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff.

“The first thing is the importance launch a search, arrest and deportation operation people who in recent years have received deportation order in absentia, These people never showed up at the hearing to announce that they were being deported, but The government has a phone number, physical address, and email addresses. of these people who would be easy for the government to identify.”

Homan talked about promoting workplace raids, this is not something new, George W. Bush did this during the years when Michael Chertoff was Director of the Department of Homeland Security.

“This is promotion high visibility raids that they seek not so much to deport thousands and thousands of people, but promote a fear campaign so people are so scared that they start to wonder, as George W. Bush and Michael Chertoff tried to do: self-deportation.”

They will seek to end programs like Dhaka.

Another strategy announced by the Trump campaign would be to end programs such as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or TPS (Temporary Protected Status) that benefit more than a million people.

In the case of people who have entered in recent years with permits known as parole, or in the case of people seeking asylum but whose case has not yet been decided, they will seek to speed up these processes, all with the aim of returning them deportable. , arrest them and remove them.

“Although in these latter cases everything is more complicated because there is still a wide range of rights people who have been temporarily protected and can exercise minimize or at least delay their deportation.”

Do? Competent and authorized legal advice

Given this panorama, Oscar Chacon gave a number of recommendations to people who find themselves in such a situation:

It would be a serious mistake to fall into complete panic; hasty actions when we do not yet know all the details are dangerous. Every person who can access competent legal advice should seek it, and, I want to say right away, competent and authorized, because at this time there are many scammers who take advantage of the difficulties and fear of people in order to exploit them financially.

“You need to be sure that immigrant rights organizations in the United States, we are going to redouble our efforts better inform promote actions that allow us to protect migrants and this will require the active participation of people, Therefore, I urge us not to sit idly by. We’re waiting to see what happens, or rather, let’s take a more proactive position.”

In addition, he spoke about the key importance of work Juan Ramon de la Fuente as secretary International relations of Mexico.

“This will be a key moment. the diplomatic role that home governments can play. Migration is not only a blessing for the United States, it has been and will continue to be a blessing for countries of origin, starting with Mexico, not only because of the remittances sent, but for many other reasons.

This requires diplomatic action, concerted action on the part of Latin America, so that common sense prevails, reasoning prevails, and not the wild ideas that might come from new American officials whom Trump may appoint to key roles in his administration.

Reliable information, another form of protection

Chacon pointed out the risk this poses for people in the United States illegally not being able to access reliable sources of information.

One of the most important actions Mexico’s consular protection network can take as it expands to other Latin American countries is to ensure that people are accurately informed of their rights.

And he added:

The collaborative role that the Mexican consular network can play with long-standing non-profit organizations committed to protecting and promoting the value of migrants in the United States is another way in which the consular network can play a key role.

Finally, Chacon insisted that in addition to consular protection This topic will require serious diplomatic response at the highest level and called for it Mexico is leading these efforts.

Watch the interview with Oscar Chacon, co-founder and strategy advisor at Alianza Americas, Here: