The government of Morelos is readying the departure of the third group of senior citizens to the United States, to meet with their relatives after several years of separation, on May 8. The trip is part of the program Silver Hearts, Joining Families of Morelos.

The contingent, made up of 23 senior citizens from the municipality of Zacualpan de Amilpas, Morelos, will receive visas granted by the U.S. Embassy on Monday to travel to New Jersey.

This will be the third group of the Silver Hearts program, Joining Families of Morelos, that is supported by the state government; in June 2016 a total of 15 senior citizens traveled to Garland, Texas.

The second group, made up of 45 people between 60 and 79 years old from the municipalities of Cuautla, Ayala, Axochiapan and Cuernavaca, left on April 27 for Minneapolis, and their return is scheduled for Thursday.

In a statement, the director of Morelos Migrants of Social Development Secretariat, Miguel Ángel Rivera, reported that the second entourage was received in Minneapolis with much affection.

Silver Hearts, Joining Families of Morelos is a program in which migrants in the United States finance their relatives’ trip, because they are not able to return to their place of origin.