JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – Juarez business leaders say they want to provide jobs in Mexico for migrants who will be deported from the United States in coming weeks and months.
That’s why the Juarez Chamber of Commerce will be conducting a job vacancies survey among its 3,000 members in coming days and urging them to consider hiring deportees at least on a temporary basis.
“We are developing a simple questionnaire. What are their labor needs and what jobs are available. This will give us a clear picture of how many jobs we can offer to those who lose everything and suddenly find themselves here” in Juarez, chamber President Elizabeth Villalobos said on Monday.
Business leaders previously told Border Report they found it hard to hire non-Mexican residents because many don’t have the documentation needed for a work permit. Others that were offered jobs leave the city as soon as they can return home or find a way to again enter the United States.
Villalobos said her office will work with Mexican tax and immigration authorities to facilitate hiring and lobbying with members to offer jobs, even if temporary. The jobs would also be available to deported Mexican nationals.
“Everyone should be sensitive to people who one day got up to go to work and then lost their family, lost everything. I would ask (the business community) and our citizens to show some sensibility and support,” she said.
Chamber officials say they have no idea of how many deported migrants will be coming to Juarez, but they want to be ready so as to avoid a humanitarian crisis.
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