National Institute of Migration (Mexico)
The National Institute of Migration (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM)) is a unit of the government of Mexico dependent on the Secretariat of the Interior that controls and supervises migration in the country.
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[edit] Controversy and public demonstrations against
Several occasions he has been connected to this body, as one of the key agencies who use violence when "secure" foreign elements are introduced to Mexico on a temporary basis (primarily Central American).
Another factor that has led to the rejection of Mexican society, racism is engaged in the immigration inspections because Mexican people confuse having dark skin with some citizens of Central American origin. This "filter" inspection is considered Neo-Nazi , because according to some experts, it is possible that in the XXI century and in times of globalization, continue to exercise these techniques are offensive to human dignity is to classify certain ethnic groups or simply by hehco to have a different skin than most. It also has been linked to some members of this unit, direct link to human traffickers, since the salary earned by these employees does not justify the magnanimous sets monthly income. Journalists and civilians have been attacked and even removed them by force, their working tools (cell phones, camcorders, etc ...) when looking for some information relevenate about any topic related to them, as little time preferred to clarify the facts .
[edit] Offices
Since 1999, the INM approved the increase from 16 to 32 regional offices, one for every state of Mexico and the Federal District. It also has 45 migration stations concentrated on border states (land), Mexico City (air) and the Gulf of Mexico (sea). These stations are:
[edit] Paisano program
During the Presidency of Carlos Salinas de Gortari, the Paisano program was created to assist Mexican nationals returning to Mexico for temporary visits.
[edit] Immigration statistics
[edit] 2004
- People who traveled to other countries through Mexico: 114,000
- Number of undocumented immigrants:
- By outcome
- Deported out of Mexico: 211,218
- Detained in Mexico: 215,695
- By country of origin:
- Guatemala: 42.9%
- Honduras: 33.7%
- El Salvador: 17.9%
- Nicaragua: 1.3%
- Other: 4.2%
- Foreign visitors registered and documented: 23,048,000
- Foreign people, permanently residing in Mexico, re-entering the country: 1,582
- Temporary workers from Guatemala re-entering the country: 41,894
- Foreign people entering the country temporarily: 19,614,710
- By reason of entry
- Tourists: 8,770,686
- Business travelers: 413,619
- Other: 10,430,405
- People who entered to apply for residencey: 8,513
- People who received Mexican citizenship: 1,582
- People who regularized their immigration status: 4,373
- By country:
- By state of residence:
- Chiapas: 1,571
- Federal District: 517
- Baja California: 305
- Jalisco: 266
- Quintana Roo: 222
- Tamaulipas: 275
- Campeche: 160
- Chihuahua: 119
- Veracruz: 108
- By gender:
- Women: 2,214
- Men: 2,159
[edit] External links
- Official site (Spanish)
