Mexico’s Director of Consular Protection and Planning is visiting Los Angeles and spoke with Telemundo 52 to send an important message to all Mexicans who live here.
Mexico’s Director General of Consular Protection and Strategic Planning, Vanessa Calva Ruiz, wants everyone to know about the wide variety of resources available to the Mexican Consulate to assist those who may be victims of abuse, whether work, home, or in your community, and emphasized that your immigration status does not matter because everyone has rights and if you approach the consular office, they can support you to ensure that they are respected.
During her visit to Los Angeles, Mexico’s director of consular protection and planning has a clear mission.
“Let people know that the consulate is a safe space where they can come and do any type of consultation about their rights, and they don’t have to wait until they are already in a situation of risk, vulnerability or abuse. “, Ruiz said.
He explained that the consulate has lawyers and also has links with non-governmental agencies and groups that can support them on a wide variety of issues.
“(Some issues include) immigration, criminal, civil, family, human and labor rights,” he added.
For example, in the workplace.
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“Any issues related to unpaid wages, possible acts of discrimination in employment, even violence, where there is a
He threatens that if they don’t work overtime, they will notify the immigration authorities. For example, it’s not allowed, and it’s not a situation that should happen,” he said.
If you go to the consulate to ask for help, stressed Calva Ruiz, they will guide you. For example, for women and girls, there is a special support network if they experience violence at home.
“Violence is never justified, violence is not only physical, but emotional, psychological, economic that a woman or a girl can face. You can go to the consulate, and receive in a humane and dignified way, this attention and this advice in a humane and dignified way, this attention and this advice so that you can make a decision, and that it is a decision that helps to get out of ‘a situation for her that no woman should go through,’ said Calva Ruiz.
Also, he explained, it aims to provide support to the LGBTQ+ community so that they can live with dignity and without fear, and recalled one of the important changes that have been made in this regard.
“The trans community can now obtain a birth certificate based on their gender identity, which we could not offer in consulates before. It had to be done directly in Mexico.
And regarding how the public might perceive it as a difficult task to approach and ask for help from the consulate, since an appointment is required to enter the seat, Calva Ruiz acknowledged that he s was an open issue and even offered to fix it. during your visit to seek new solutions with the community.
“Design a much more user-friendly way.”
Visit the consulmex.sre.gob.mx page and go to the “protection” section where you will find this menu with the telephone numbers to contact those responsible for each area or send an email to [email protected] for get advice on what steps to take to get help for you.
The invitation to approach, and to see in the consulate the first door to knock on to be advised in complete safety.
Calva Ruiz stressed that it is very important that people do not wait to ask for help until they feel the situation is out of control.
It is better to ask in time, because then there will be more opportunities for support with information and resources. Remember that you should always consult the experts when it comes to immigration cases, or if you are a victim of abuse and violence, and the consulate can guide you in all these ways.