Mexico Announces New Panic Button System for Migrants in U.S.

Mexico’s government has announced a new program to provide emergency legal and consular assistance to migrants in the United States. The move comes as Mexico prepares for the expected mass deportation wave from the incoming administration of President-Elect Donald J. Trump.

On Friday morning, during a news conference hosted by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s Foreign Relations Minister Juan Ramon De La Fuente announced that his staff had a new program called PALE (Program of External Legal Advisory) that had a series of attorneys, law firms, and advisors in the U.S. that had volunteered to assist consular officials and migrants in case they faced issues with immigration authorities in that country. During the presentation, they also announced the development of an application that would act as a panic button that individuals could press and be patched to consular officials and legal assistance.

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