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Guatemala, 29 mar (EFE) .- President Alvaro Colom to these United asked to stop deportations of inmigrantesguatemaltecos and recognized health care, said today elcanciller Haroldo Rodas, on the next tothe meeting in San Jose Vice President Joseph Biden.

Colom plans to travel to the capital tomorrow costarricensepara attend the meeting with Biden, for which Central America fijouna common agenda during a recent meeting of SICA held enManagua.

Speaking to the local press, adding that Rhodes also deplantear to stop deportations of Guatemalans also seek the decriminalization of migration.

The Central American countries identified enManagua last Wednesday during a special session of the integration system (SICA), a proposal deagenda issues to deal with Biden, which includes the legalization of residents in these United under temporary protection.

They also proposed to raise to eliminate the migration of laPolitica Security United States and included in the Agenda deDesarrollo.

In the United States is estimated to lie 1.3 million deguatemaltecos, 60 per cent of them capable deindocumentados.

Over the past years has increased the deportation of losilegales due to the tightening of immigration policies in these United.

In 2006 they were deported from the U.S. 18305 indocumentadosguatemaltecos, in 2007 the figure rose to 23,062 in 2008 and closed en28.051 returns, according to statistics from the Directorate of Migration (DGM).

So far in 2009, and Guatemalans were deported 6128, representing a 14 per cent more than in the first tresmeses 2008.

Alvaro Colom was represented at the meeting in Managua porRodas. EFE