Miembros de la comunidad mexicana en Estados Unidos han pedido al presidente Joe Biden que otorgue un Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS) a los indocumentados oriundos del estado de Guerrero (México), zona de devastada por el huracán Otis, que ha dejado hasta este jueves 46 muertos y 58 desaparecidos.
En una misiva enviada al mandatario, las organizaciones agrupadas en la Coalición de los Derechos Plenos para los Inmigrantes han solicitado al Gobierno demócrata que utilice su poder ejecutivo para extender el TPS a los guerrerenses, como se ha protegido a inmigrantes de otros países que han sufrido desastres naturales.
“El presidente Obrador debería unirse a nosotros para lograr esta protección. Las condiciones están dadas, lo único que hace falta es la voluntad política” – Juan José Gutiérrez, director de la Coalición de los Derechos Plenos para los Inmigrantes.
Piden “permiso de trabajo”
“Todos los factores para extender el TPS a los guerrerenses que viven de forma indocumentada en Estados Unidos están dados”, dijo este jueves a EFE Juan José Gutiérrez, director de la coalición.
Agregó que debido a las restricciones que tiene México para mandar ayuda lo único que podrán hacer los guerrerenses es enviar remesas. “Necesitamos que estos mexicanos, que aportan arduamente a la economía de Estados Unidos, también puedan ayudar a su estado natal y se les debería apoyar con un permiso de trabajo”, argumentó.
Según la ley el secretario de Seguridad Nacional de EE.UU. puede designar a un país extranjero como beneficiario de TPS si las condiciones en el país cumplen con los requisitos legales respecto a conflictos armados en curso, desastres naturales u otras condiciones extraordinarias y temporales que impiden a sus ciudadanos regresar de forma segura al país.
A damaged building stands after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Hurricane Otis ripped through Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a powerful Category 5 storm, unleashing massive flooding, ravaging roads and leaving large swaths of the southwestern state of Guerrero without power or cellphone service. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
People loot a grocery store after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Hurricane Otis ripped through Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a powerful Category 5 storm, unleashing massive flooding, ravaging roads and leaving large swaths of the southwestern state of Guerrero without power or cellphone service. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
A woman holds a bay next to some looted goods after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Hurricane Otis ripped through Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a powerful Category 5 storm, unleashing massive flooding, ravaging roads and leaving large swaths of the southwestern state of Guerrero without power or cellphone service. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
People are helped as they cross a highway blocked by a landslide triggered by Hurricane Otis near Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
The walls of a hotel are partially gone two days after Hurricane Otis hit as a Category 5 storm in Acapulco, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Residents sit at a bank lacking windows and with destroyed bank teller machines two days after the passage of Hurricane Otis as a Category 5 storm in Acapulco, Mexico Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
A traffic sign lays on a car after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Hurricane Otis ripped through Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a powerful Category 5 storm, unleashing massive flooding, ravaging roads and leaving large swaths of the southwestern state of Guerrero without power or cellphone service. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
A man crosses a highway blocked by a landslide triggered by Hurricane Otis near Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
People loot a grocery store after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Hurricane Otis ripped through Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a powerful Category 5 storm, unleashing massive flooding, ravaging roads and leaving large swaths of the southwestern state of Guerrero without power or cellphone service. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
People walk with goods looted from a shopping mall after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Hurricane Otis ripped through Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a powerful Category 5 storm, unleashing massive flooding, ravaging roads and leaving large swaths of the southwestern state of Guerrero without power or cellphone service. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
A Mexican National Guard soldier tries to stop looting in a shopping mall after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Hurricane Otis ripped through Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a powerful Category 5 storm, unleashing massive flooding, ravaging roads and leaving large swaths of the southwestern state of Guerrero without power or cellphone service. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
A Mexican National Guard soldier tries to stop looting in a shopping mall after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Hurricane Otis ripped through Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a powerful Category 5 storm, unleashing massive flooding, ravaging roads and leaving large swaths of the southwestern state of Guerrero without power or cellphone service. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
A Mexican National Guard soldier tries to stop looting in a shopping mall after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Hurricane Otis ripped through Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a powerful Category 5 storm, unleashing massive flooding, ravaging roads and leaving large swaths of the southwestern state of Guerrero without power or cellphone service. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
People wait outside their cars as they wait for repair crews to unclog the roads after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Hurricane Otis ripped through Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a powerful Category 5 storm, unleashing massive flooding, ravaging roads and leaving large swaths of the southwestern state of Guerrero without power or cellphone service. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
A street is strewn with debris after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Hurricane Otis ripped through Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a powerful Category 5 storm, unleashing massive flooding, ravaging roads and leaving large swaths of the southwestern state of Guerrero without power or cellphone service. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Cars cross a flood-damaged avenue after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Hurricane Otis ripped through Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a powerful Category 5 storm, unleashing massive flooding, ravaging roads and leaving large swaths of the southwestern state of Guerrero without power or cellphone service. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
People wait outside their cars as they wait for repair crews to clear the roads after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Hurricane Otis ripped through Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a powerful Category 5 storm, unleashing massive flooding, ravaging roads and leaving large swaths of the southwestern state of Guerrero without power or cellphone service. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Solo falta “voluntad política”
Actualmente inmigrantes de El Salvador, Honduras y Haití están protegidos con el TPS por desastres naturales ocurridos en sus países.
El Gobierno mexicano emitió este jueves una declaratoria de desastre para 47 municipios del sureño estado de Guerrero más de una semana después del histórico huracán Otis, que tocó tierra el 25 de octubre con la categoría 5 en ese estado.
La coalición también ha planteado la idea en una carta enviada este jueves al presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, quien se reunirá con Biden en San Francisco (California) para el encuentro del Foro de Cooperación Económica Asia-Pacífico (APEC) a partir del 11 de noviembre.
“El presidente Obrador debería unirse a nosotros para lograr esta protección. Las condiciones están dadas, lo único que hace falta es la voluntad política”, puntualizó Gutiérrez.
