Mexico Appleseed Deportation Manual

From Appleseed:

As part of an initiative that highlights the Appleseed Network’s collaborative spirit and reach, Mexico Appleseed plans to replicate and adapt the material from “Protecting Assets and Child Custody in the Face of Deportation: A Guide for Practitioners,” a broadly distributed manual developed by National Appleseed.
 
As previously reported in ATW, this manual is designed to support those at risk of being deported in securing their assets, handling child custody arrangements, and settling financial matters both before and after being deported.
 
Representing a country that sends more immigrants to the United States than any other, Mexico Appleseed is acutely aware of this complex problem and understands the benefit this project could bring to the families that remain in Mexico. As such, Mexico Appleseed is now looking to develop a pilot field project in Mexico, with the support a potential project partner.
 
The project includes translating the manual into Spanish and creating a reduced version or brochure to be distributed to communities with high rates of migration in Mexico. At the same time, Mexico Appleseed intends to develop an online version of the main checklists and information with the goal of including them on websites of diverse Mexican government entities and/or migration related organizations.
 
Mexico Appleseed’s target population for this project is people who have returned to Mexico from the U.S., having left assets or children behind involuntarily; those who plan to migrate to the USA in the near or distant future; families and friends of people who plan to migrate or who already have migrated to the USA; and those living in the USA who are at risk of deportation. This material not only will help people recover their assets and reunify families, but will prepare practitioners to guide individuals and families facing deportation through the necessary steps to prepare themselves for the financial implications of being deported, but could additionally provide information about powers of attorney, the main tool for protection cited in the manual.

For further more about these projects, please contact Mexico Appleseed at infomexico@appleseednetwork.org.

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