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Mexico has opened its doors to accept immigrants,migrants, and asylum-seekers who were deported by the United States due to the threat of COVID-19 according to a recently published article.

SENSE OF HEROISM 

Mexico was once seen and described as one of the most dangerous countries in the world because of the negative reports associated with the country. Some of these include drug cartels, violence, killings, domestic violence, and more. These are the prime reasons why many Mexicans decide to leave the country.

However, this image that puts fear to anyone around the world will now start to change. The Mexican government decided that they will receive immigrants, migrants, and asylum-seekers who were deported by the United States. They are mainly composed of people from Central America, Asia, and as well from Mexico. 

Amid the threat of COVID-19 where other countries are closing their doors for foreign individuals and decided to have a nationwide lockdown, it is the opposite thing that Mexico is doing. Instead of closing their doors and borders, they opened it to make sure that these people are safe and have shelter for the meantime.

This a sense of heroism for the Mexican government as they show the value of family that is deeply rooted in their culture. It has been there since then and in this time of global health crisis, they once again show to the world their love and compassion towards family.

ACCEPTING DEPORTED IMMIGRANTS, MIGRANTS, AND ASYLUM SEEKERS

It was confirmed by the Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard that Mexico will receive migrants and asylum-seekers whose American-asylum applications were rejected by the United States due to the threat of COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes immigrants who were deported as well. 

The decision to reject their asylum application means to return to their home of origin. Many of these are Mexicans. However, the Mexican government is still willing to accept them even though they tried to leave their country of origin. 

Ebrard clarified why the U.S. denied the entry of migrants and asylum seekers. He said: "They are going to make this decision based on their health emergency legislation. (...) And consequently, they will not admit people who are arriving every day in an undocumented manner."

There are around more than 1,250 migrants who arrived every day in the borders of the United States and Mexico. The majority of these are Mexicans and people from Central America while few are coming from other regions.

Ebrard asserted that Mexicans migrants who returned immediately before they could spend several days in the detention centers will be treated as being from its country itself. 

The same attention and care will also be given to people who came from Central America like Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador who have been staying in the northern border of the country for months already while waiting for the approval of their U.S. asylum application or while waiting for them to be heard in the court.

In line with his pronouncement to admit migrants rejected by the U.S. due to the global health concern, he said: "And if people who are not Mexicans or Central Americans return to us, Mexico would not accept it, that the United States takes care of this."

Meanwhile, Guatamelan officials say that will stop receiving deported Hodurans and Salvadorans from the United States according to a recently published article. 

In this time of global health crisis, each one should help one another. It is understood why the U.S. temporarily closed its doors to migrants because of health concerns. They do not want migrants to get infected by the virus because of the swelling cases in their country, the same as they do not also want their country to have additional cases of COVID-19 coming from the migrants.  

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