Mexico opens California Office to provide IDs for illegals.
Submitted by Bob-45 on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 11:03Now, if this is true, a war with Mexico, that I could get behind.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Mexico-opens-Cali...
Mexico opens California office to provide ID for illegals
By: Sara A. Carter
National Security Correspondent
June 3, 2010
The Mexican government is opening a satellite consular office on Catalina Island -- a small resort off the California coast with a history of drug smuggling and human trafficking -- to provide the island's illegal Mexican immigrants with identification cards, The Washington Examiner has learned.
The Mexican consular office in Los Angeles issued a flier, a copy of which was obtained by The Examiner, listing the Catalina Island Country Club as the location of its satellite office. It invites Mexicans to visit the office to obtain the identification, called matricular cards, by appointment.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican whose district includes Catalina Island, said handing out matricular cards will exacerbate an already dangerous situation.
"Handing out matricular cards to Mexicans who are not in this country legally is wrong no matter where it's done," he said. "But on Catalina it will do more damage. It's a small island but there's evidence it's being used as a portal for illegals to access mainland California."
Rohrabacher added, "If there were a large number of Americans illegally in Mexico and the U.S. consulate was making it easier for them to stay, Mexico would never permit it."
Mexican officials with the consular office in Los Angeles could not be reached immediately for comment. The matricular consular identification card, is issued by the Mexican government to Mexican nationals residing outside the country, regardless of immigration status. The purpose is to provide identification for opening bank accounts and obtaining other services. But the cards are usually used to skirt U.S. immigration laws, since Mexicans in the country legally have documents proving that status, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said.
In 2004 testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, FBI officials called the card an unreliable form of identification. The agency said that Mexico lacks a centralized database for them, which could lead to forgery, duplication, and other forms of abuse.
Officers with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said their agency was asked by Mexican officials not to enforce U.S. immigration laws on the island while the cards were being issued.
"It amazes me every time that the Mexican government has the gall to tell us what to do," said an ICE official, who asked not to be named. "More surprisingly is how many times we stand by and let them. This is just an example of one of hundreds of requests we've had to deal with."
In April, Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies seized a boat carrying large quantities of marijuana and detained three Mexican nationals who said they were being smuggled into the United States.
The island has a sizable Mexican migrant population. Most are undocumented low-income workers.
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to get some kind of card from
to get some kind of card from the Mexican consulate does not change their status.
Anyway, the consulate in LA does that all the time, nothing new, this is just a new branch.
question is, why does the US accept such identifications like there is no immigration law?
The Mexican consulate can't do nothing if You don't let them. There lies the problem.
Here lies the problem
Diplomatic immunity.
"You go and carry off the enemy's land; the enemy comes and carries off your land"-Ancient Sumerian tablet
Yeah, they can build
Yeah, they can build consulates and hand out cards.
But the fact that this is considered a valid identification....
Illegal is illegal.
What I meant was, if the US would not ignore their own immigration laws the Mexicans could not get away with it. They can hand out whatever they want, it needs to be approved by the INS.
But in reality there seems to be a different law for Mexicans than for other foreigners (like myself).
Called identity politics.
I agree!
It is just another angle for the samething.
"You go and carry off the enemy's land; the enemy comes and carries off your land"-Ancient Sumerian tablet
Sorry, "War with Mexico" was meant to be an,... .
admittedly, sick joke. A far easier solution would be to seize Mexican assets to defray the costs of paying for the illegal population.
However, I'm not holding my breath waiting for this to happen.
BTW, why would we rebuild Mexico? Aren't they all here?
Don't worry, the Mexicans will save America, mexican style.
Free gmo popcorn in every back pack, just like the NWO promised!
The weaponization of migrants throughout the world happens like clock work, and created thru political cabals.
The 55 million mexicans in america are no exception and like adding three "Mexico Cities" to the United States.
Oh yes, the americans have been endocrinated too; led by deception, tyranny and oppression.
We're just flowing toward one giant North Korea where everyone knows your name, oops, I mean number.
Largest Cities of the World - by population
http://www.worldatlas.com/citypops.htm
1. Tokyo, Japan - 28,025,000
2. Mexico City, Mexico - 18,131,000
3. Mumbai, India - 18,042,000
4. Sáo Paulo, Brazil - 17, 711,000
5. New York City, USA - 16,626,000
6. Shanghai, China - 14,173,000
7. Lagos, Nigeria - 13,488,000
8. Los Angeles, USA - 13,129,000
9. Calcutta, India - 12,900,000
10. Buenos Aires, Argentina - 12,431,000
And never forget, “Humans, despite our artistic pretensions, our sophistication and many accomplishments, owe the fact of our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”
The NWO is NOT COMING
it IS here NOW and has been it seems for a very long time.
The elite built this country up and now they are taking it down. Their money, their infrastructure our sweat.
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Bob, If we go to war with Mexico...
that would be one more nation for the US to rebuild. But I agree with your frustration.
Spanish Explorers, Trappers, and Smugglers Discover Catalina
Spanish Explorers, Trappers, and
Smugglers Discover Catalina Island
http://harbortownhistories.com/pdfs/cat-2.pdf
"Sixty years after Cabrillo's brief stay at Catalina, a second Spanish explorer, General Sebastian Viscaino,arrived. On November 24,1602, he anchored near the Isthmus and named the Island for Saint Caterina.
Although both Cabrillo and Viscaino made only brief visits to Catalina, they provided the first written records of the Island and her people.
And never forget, “Humans, despite our artistic pretensions, our sophistication and many accomplishments, owe the fact of our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”
And you can bet
They have a list of SS numbers with yours included.
"You go and carry off the enemy's land; the enemy comes and carries off your land"-Ancient Sumerian tablet
From
the article:
"...It amazes me every time that the Mexican government has the gall to tell us what to do," said an ICE official, who asked not to be named..."
Me, too...
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