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Mexico urges migrants in US to ‘stay calm’

MEXICO CITY, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): Days after Donald Trump vowed to
deport undocumented migrants with criminal records, Mexico’s government told its citizens in the United States on Wednesday to “stay calm” and launched a hotline to report “incidents.”
In the wake of Trump’s presidential election last week, the foreign
ministry unveiled 11 actions that it will undertake through its embassy and 50 consulates in the United States so Mexicans can “avoid being victims of abuses and fraud.”
“Fellow citizens, these are uncertain times. Stay calm. Don’t fall
into provocations and don’t let yourself be fooled,” Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu said in a video message posted on Twitter.
The program, she said, aims to give information about the “possible
immigration actions” that could take place “from February.”
While Ruiz Massieu did not mention US President-elect Trump, the Republican billionaire will take office on January 20 following his surprise victory in the November 8 election.