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At a press conference today the head of the North American Unit Roberto Velasco lvarez the head of the Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Daniel Milln and the general director of Consular Services Jaime Vzquez Bracho They presented the actions that the Foreign Ministry is taking to expand consular assistance in the United States and Canada. Velasco Alvarez emphasized that contrary to the perception in public opinion the consular network has a budget increase of more than 20 compared to 2019 the year before the pandemic. The foregoing in order to provide better consular services from an effective vision of efficient spending and republican austerity.In compliance with the instruction of President Lpez Obrador to defend the rights of Mexican migrants abroad the Ministry of Foreign Relations has instructed to reinforce consular assistance particularly in North America. As a result the issuance of documentation to nationals in North America has exceeded previous records with more than 140000 passports in the month of May alone. In addition the Foreign Ministry has launched the first Saturday day in the United States and Canada which reinforces coordination between our embassies and consulates in the region in order to improve consular care for Mexican people in both countries.On Saturday 53 consulates participated in their headquarters the two Mexican embassies in Washington and Ottawa respectively as well as seven mobile consulates in the districts of Albuquerque Atlanta Chicago Philadelphia Los Angeles Portland and Raleigh. The new measures to expand consular attention also include actions to eradicate the sale of appointments in coordination with different digital platforms the improvement in the telephone attention service through a new provider and the modernization of the internal platforms of the Foreign Ministry to manage documents and procedures.Officials also highlighted progress in the COVID-19 vaccination program in the region. In the short term vaccination both through the Health Windows coordinated by the Institute of Mexicans Abroad IME and through the border vaccination programs projects results close to 180000 vaccinated people. The local cross-border vaccination program includes nine vaccination projects thanks to the efforts of the Mexican consulates in Brownsville Douglas El Paso Laredo McAllen Nogales San Diego Tucson and Yuma with the active participation of private initiative and authorities. local of both countries.These results benefit all Mexican people regardless of their immigration status and have been possible thanks to effective cooperation between the Foreign Ministry and the embassies led by Ambassadors Esteban Moctezuma in the United States and Juan Jos Gmez Camacho in Canada. . The representations of Mexico in North America led by the consuls together with the IME the members of the Mexican Foreign Service and the independent professional service providers have carried out a commendable work with other entities of the federal government and local governments. to promote better consular care for our nationals in the region.
