Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Promises to Create 35,000 Jobs for Immigrants Deported by Trump

With large number of deportations already taking place under Donald Trump's administration, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed on Jan. 24 that Mexico and the Business Coordinating Council (CCE) will work together to create up to 35,000 new jobs for Mexican nationals that could be deported in the following months.

The CCE operates as a non-profit organization that focuses on coordinating policies and actions of business organizations to increase economic growth, the level of competitiveness, foster democracy and to boost the free market.

With the help of CCE, President Sheinbaum hopes that jobs can be created in the same fields as to the ones deported Mexican nationals currently work in the U.S. Director of CCE Francisco Cervantes Díaz said that they are already working to help those affected find jobs they are familiar with and explained that the nonprofit has assembled work groups that will take care of deportees.

Talking to news outlet La Jornada, Cervantes Díaz revealed that eventually the plan is to offer jobs to those repatriated at the newly constructed Felipe Ángeles International Airport, north of Mexico City. He said at least 100 companies —including Spanish multinational electric utility company Iberdrola— have already agreed to participate in the program.

Amid humanitarian and economic challenges, Sheinbaum's emergency plan called "Plan México" also seeks to help deportees with other social programs. During her Jan. 24 press conference, Sheinbaum said that the Mexican economy and the peso have "stayed strong" and she foresees foreign investments in Mexico will nearly exceed the $1.5 billion threshold in the next few months.

"It is a plan to help our country in the long run," Sheinbaum said. "It is not a plan to face President Trump...it is not conjunctural," she added.

During her press conference, Sheinbaum invited Ana Teresa Ramírez as speaker. Ramírez, director of the think tank Latino Donor Collaborative, gave a presentation about the economic impact Latinos have in the U.S.

Ramírez said Latinos contribute to $3.6 billion to the country's annual GDP out of which $2.06 is produced by Mexican migrants.

Sheinbaum highlighted that not only do Mexican national contribute to the economy via remittances but also by paying taxes in the U.S. "The Mexican community contributes a lot. We are strong here and we are strong over there," Sheinbaum added.