Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard today announced a meeting between community leaders and Mexican authorities in Miami to design a strategy to defend against anti-immigrant and racist initiatives and laws.

Secretary Ebrard met this afternoon in Wimauma, Florida, with 1,200 Mexican seasonal agricultural workers who will return to Mexico after working in the U.S. on H2A work visas arranged by the Foreign Ministry.

Speaking to farmworkers from Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca and Veracruz, Secretary Ebrard applauded their work and contribution to the societies of the United States and Mexico.

He said that the Mexican government will promote more opportunities for labor mobility and reiterated that it would defend Mexican migrants from racist laws and policies.

Visiting a farm in Florida, Secretary Ebrard told the farmworkers that there would be a meeting on June 30 in Miami between Mexican leaders and authorities in the United States, with two key goals.

The first will be to determine "how to defend our sisters and brothers throughout the United States, and especially in Florida, because in Florida a law that is clearly against our community is going to go into effect and it could lead to many abuses."

The meeting for leaders of migrant groups from all over the United States will also serve to evaluate and determine the next steps for the Action Plan for Mexican Communities Abroad.

Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard was accompanied by Consul Juan Sabines; Chief Officer for North America Roberto Velasco; and Director General of Consular Protection and Strategic Planning Vanessa Calva.

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