The National Institute of Migration (, INM) is a unit of the

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dependent on the Secretariat of the Interior that controls and supervises

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in the country. The institute was responsible for the Ciudad Juárez migrant center fire where 40 immigrants died.

Programs

''Paisano'' program

During the

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, the ''Paisano'' program was created to assist Mexican nationals returning to Mexico for temporary visits.

Grupo Beta

Grupos Beta (Beta Groups) is a service by the National Institute of Migration (INM) of Mexico offering water, medical aid, and information to immigrants at risk within the Mexican borders.

OPIS

Officials of Child Protection 'OFICIALES DE PROTECCIÓN A LA INFANCIA' (OPIS) are Mexican Federal Migration Agents whose main task is to ensure respect for the

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of children and adolescent migrants, especially children unaccompanied by an adult.

2015 Temporary Migrant Regularization Program

The ''Programa Temporal de Regularización Migratoria'' (PTRM) published on 12 January 2015 in the

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, is aimed at those foreigners who have made their permanent residence in Mexico but due to 'diverse circumstances' did not regularize their stay in the country and find themselves turning to 'third parties' to perform various procedures, including finding employment. The program is aimed at foreign nationals who entered the country before 9 November 2012. Foreigners wishing to live and be part of the national life of Mexico, will receive through the PTRM the status of 'temporary resident' by an immigration document that is valid for four years. The temporary program will run from 13 January to 18 December 2015. In accordance with the provisions of Articles: 1, 2, 10, 18, 77, 126 and 133 of the ''Ley de Migración''; 1 and 143 of the ''Reglamento de la Ley de Migración'', any foreign national wishing to regularize their immigration status within Mexican territory, under the PTRM will complete the payment of fees for the following: # Proof of payment for receiving and examining the application of the procedure... ... MXN 1124.00 # For the issuance of the certificate giving them the status of temporary stay for four years ...... MXN 7914.00 For people of low income or the vulnerable, Article 16 of the ''Ley Federal de Derechos'' will exempt them from payment if it can be proven that the foreign national earns a wage at or below

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. During the period that the PTRM is in effect, no fine will be applied (as is the practice otherwise).

Offices

Since 1999, the INM approved the increase from 16 to 32 regional offices, one for every

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and the

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. It also has 45 migration stations concentrated on border states (land),

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(air) and the

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(sea). These stations are:

Immigration statistics

2004

* People who traveled to other countries through Mexico: 114,000 * Number of undocumented immigrants: :By outcome :*Deported out of Mexico: 211,218 :*Detained in Mexico: 215,695 :By country of origin: :*

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

: 42.9% :*

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

: 33.7% :*

El Salvador El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...

: 17.9% :*

Nicaragua Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America aft ...

: 1.3% :* Other: 4.2% * Foreign visitors registered and documented: 23,048,000 * Foreign people, permanently residing in Mexico, re-entering the country: 1,582 * Temporary workers from Guatemala re-entering the country: 41,894 * Foreign people entering the country temporarily: 19,614,710 :By reason of entry : Tourists: 8,770,686 : Business travelers: 413,619 : Other: 10,430,405 * People who entered to apply for residency: 8,513 * People who received Mexican citizenship: 1,582 * People who regularized their immigration status: 4,373 :By country: :*

: 1,332 :*

: 1,046 :*

: 492 :*

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

: 307 :*

: 161 :*

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

: 155 :* Other countries: 650 :By state of residence: :* Chiapas: 1,571 :* Federal District: 517 :* Baja California: 305 :* Jalisco: 266 :* Quintana Roo: 222 :* Tamaulipas: 275 :* Campeche: 160 :* Chihuahua: 119 :* Veracruz: 108 :By gender: :*Women: 2,214 :*Men: 2,159

2017 report

A 2017 report commissioned by the Instituto Nacional de Migración argued that migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador were subjected to physical, verbal and sexual abuse in its detention centers, including solitary confinement, death threats and unwanted sexual contact. The INM disputed the claims.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Instituto Nacional de Migracion (Mexico) Government of Mexico Demographics of Mexico Immigration to Mexico Human rights organizations based in Mexico