http://www.columbian.com/01272004/clark_co/112352.html Tuesday, January 27, 2004
By DON JENKINS, Columbian staff writer
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "OLYMPIA - A Vancouver lawmaker waded into the touchy issue of immigration politics Monday by introducing a bill encouraging financial institutions and local governments to accept identification cards issued to Mexican nationals.
Rep. Bill Fromhold, a Democrat, called it a "statement of respect" to Clark County's growing Latino population.
A critic of the "matricular consular" said the cards are an end-run around immigration laws and a way for banks and credit unions to gain new accounts."