Social pension: will elderly people in the United States be able to benefit from it?

This year, the Social pension for the elderly There was a 25% increase, so they receive a total of 6 thousand pesos every two months from the federal government; However, an initiative was recently launched to extend this support to people from over 60 years old who are undocumented in UNITED STATES.

For this, a campaign entitled Respect and Honor for Adults Macehualli was implemented by the National Network of Laborers (NDLON) And Nik Théodoreprofessor at the University of Chicago, Illinois, who aims for the social pension to also be extended to the nearly 5 million elderly people Mexicans over 62 years old who live irregularly in the neighboring country to the north.

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It should be noted that this campaign is inspired by Aztec culture, in which the elderly were admired and honored, precisely called Macehualli. About, Miguel Alejandro Robles Gomezwho is deputy of Morena, promoted this initiative, in order to offer better quality to this sector of society, that is why he sent this proposal to the Congress of the Union, although until now he does not there is no concrete answer.

“It is an established right and I propose that it be even more crystallized,” he said during a press conference in front of the Mexican consulate general in Los Angeles.

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Likewise, in accordance with Article 42 of the Federal Law on Budget and Fiscal Responsibility, on March 27, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) sent the Pre-General Economic Policy Criteria (PCGPE) 2025 to the Union Congress, therefore it is estimated that the pension for the well-being of the elderly would increase from 465 billion pesos in 2024 to 483 billion pesos in 2025. , this would imply an increase of more than 16 billion pesos.

Thus, from 2023 to 2024, more people 65 years Those who can benefit from this social program, which was 4,800 pesos every two months then increased to 6,000 pesos, could benefit from an increase next year, with the entry into force of a new government.