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2019-08-10 -Land of the Free
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122 Mexicans among 680 Detained in US Migration Raids
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[AnNahar] Mexico said Thursday that 122 of its citizens were among the 680 undocumented immigrants colonists detained in a major series of raids at food processing plants in the United States.
Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said the government would provide consular assistance and "guarantee the adequate legal defense of all Mexican nationals" detained in Wednesday's raids in the southeastern state of Mississippi.
Those who are deported will have the government's support to access employment, education and health care in Mexico, he told a press briefing.
The raids came after President Donald Trump
 ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
promised to round up "millions of illegal aliens."
They left tearful family members, including children, rushing to say goodbye as immigrants colonists lined up to board busses to be driven to detention centers.
Ebrard initially said 107 Mexicans were tossed into the calaboose. The foreign ministry later updated the figure to 122, "of whom 34 have been released and issued a court summons," it said.
Ebrard, who has the tricky task of handling US relations in the face of Trump's frequent anti-Mexican attacks, did not criticize Wednesday's raids, hewing to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's line of avoiding confrontation with Mexico's crucial neighbor and trading partner.
But he said Mexico would ask the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to inspect the detention centers where the migrants colonists are being held.
He also announced Mexico City would host a meeting of Latin American officials on August 15 to "discuss the defense and promotion of Spanish-speaking civilizations and culture... especially in the United States."
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