Overview

• Gov. Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla met with Consul Reyna Torres Mendivil in Chicago to reinforce programs for Michoacán-born migrants in the United States.
• He signed a cooperation agreement with the Federación de Clubes Michoacanos en Illinois to open direct channels with state agencies for services and paperwork.
• The state and the consulate will provide trainings and information to facilitate voluntary repatriation and the return of remains of two Michoacanos who died in U.S. immigration raids.
• Outreach to the Illinois Hispanic Chamber sought investment in Michoacán’s agroindustrial projects, highlighting about $9 billion in North America–bound farm exports and logistics via the Lázaro Cárdenas–CPKC rail corridor.
• Officials cited roughly 500,000 Michoacanos in Chicago and more than 4 million across the U.S., and the governor called for humane, rights‑respecting enforcement by U.S. authorities.