Overview

• Senator Cynthia López Castro of Morena formally filed the initiative this week in the Permanent Commission of the Congress of the Union.
• The proposal would amend the Federal Anti-Discrimination Law to mandate that Conapred flag complaints against non-nationals to the National Migration Institute.
• Amendments to Articles 43 and 64 of the Migration Law would empower authorities to deny, cancel or withdraw visas and residency for foreigners under formal discrimination proceedings.
• The legislative push follows formal probes by Mexico City authorities into viral racist insults by Argentine national Ximena Pichel against a transit officer.
• The bill has been referred to relevant congressional committees for analysis and debate before any vote.