Mexico: Remittances to Mexico dropped in May

FRIDAY, JULY 11
PROGRAM #10833 12:00 PM PT

Mexico Edition. 

Remittances to Mexico dropped in May, and President Claudia Sheinbaum blames the White House’s operations against immigrants, which have caused many emigres to stop working. Sheinbaum announced she will present a support plan for Mexican emigres whose remittances could be taxed with a 1% levy in the U.S. Additionally, Mexico’s Congress approved and sent to the federal executive the new law on reforms regarding the search for disappeared persons. In other news, raids against indigenous farmworkers continue unabated in California: this week they occurred in fields in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Political analysts and reporters examine these and other developments.

Guests: Alejandro Maciel, Reporter, Los Angeles, CA; Isabel Cruz, Mixtec Anthropologist, and Executive Director, Mexican Association of Social Sector Credit Unions-AMCUSS, Oaxaca, MX; Edith Olivares Ferreto, Executive Director, Amnesty International Mexico, Mexico City, MX; Doña Mari, Member of Colectivo Amor y Fe, Mexico City, MX; excerpts from recent statements by Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.

Photo: Christian Dubovan/Unsplash

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