Institute for Mexicans Abroad

The Institute for Mexicans Abroad (Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior, IME) is a decentralized agency of the Mexican government's Foreign Ministry to support Mexicans who live and work abroad The IME carries out the functions of the Presidential Office for Mexican Communities Abroad and the Mexican Communities Abroad Program. It has an Advisory Board made up of 152 members who are representatives of the Mexican, Mexican-American, and Mexican Canadian community in the United States and Canada.