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Ridge says Mexican consular ID cards have security problems
Associated Press ^ | 09-03-02

Posted on 09/03/2003 5:43:03 PM PDT by Brian S

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:43:33 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Businesses and cities that accept identification cards issued by Mexico to its citizens in the United States do so at their own risk because the documents are not fraud-proof, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Wednesday.

The Mexican IDs are under review by a White House-led panel to determine if they pose a security risk and whether the cards should be accepted as proper identification.


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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: homelandsecurity; immigrantlist; matricula; tomridge
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To: Pro-Bush
I'll bet a steak dinner, if Arnold wins he wont do a thing to reverse it.
81 posted on 09/04/2003 9:46:16 AM PDT by moehoward
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To: moehoward
I am not taking that bet...I do not want to pay for a steak dinner.
82 posted on 09/04/2003 9:50:57 AM PDT by Pro-Bush (Awareness is what you know before you know anything else.)
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To: JustPiper
It's about time someone in the bush administration said something. Now is he going to act to stop this and CA giving wetbacks licenses?We need to keep raising hell.
83 posted on 09/04/2003 10:14:22 AM PDT by novacation
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To: JustPiper
This just in my email, I got on this congressman's email list because of the things I do as a crime victim's advocate.

SB 60: Shameless Pandering

by Senator Bill Morrow

The desperate grasping and shameless pandering for votes in the upcoming recall election has just undermined your safety and security.

On September 3rd, 2000, the Legislature – once again – outrageously failed our state. Bowing to the political dictates of the liberal majority in Sacramento, the Senate approved Senate Bill 60 (Cedillo) and sent it on to the Governor. The Governor says he’ll sign it.

This measure will permit illegal aliens and those without proper identification to obtain official California driver’s licenses! This is madness! Especially in the current terrorism environment.

What do we say to the surviving families of those who lost their lives nearly two years ago in the devastating storm of events on September 11th perpetuated by the terrorists who used driver’s licenses to help carry out their plot? I believe that we as a nation need stronger borders. And we must strengthen laws for obtaining government documents used for identification purposes

Not too long ago, this bill was vetoed twice before by Governor Davis, "…the tragedy of September 11, made it abundantly clear that the driver's license is more than just a license to drive; it is one of the primary documents we use to identify ourselves." Furthermore, Davis indicated, "the states of Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, and Texas all require that a Social Security Number be provided to their Department of Motor Vehicles. California should not embrace a weaker standard than those imposed by other southern border states…" Senator Cedillo, admitted that he made no attempt to meet the specific anti-terrorism safeguard conditions demanded by Davis last year.

Under this bill, will a California license continue to be a valid form of identification? NO!

Some states have indicated this bill would force them to refuse to accept the California drivers’ license as valid identification.

Will SB 60 protect against identity fraud? NO!

SB 60 will open the floodgates to widespread identity fraud by severely weakening the proof of legal residence requirement for obtaining a California driver’s license. Removing the proof of residence is a recipe for disaster. SB 60 relies on a Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) rather than on a social security number, but according to the Internal Revenue Services, ITINs are highly suspect because, "we accept these documents at face value without validating their authenticity." As a result, the DMV will have no means of ascertaining the veracity of the documents.

Furthermore, when applying for a new driver’s license you will notice that the applicant is asked if they would like to register to vote. All that is needed to do this is an address and a signature, because you will have now a driver’s license for the proper identification. SB 60 should be called the Illegal Alien Voter Registration Act for California.

In the past Governor Davis has expressed his reservations with opening up the drivers license to wholesale fraud. However, times have changed. Now facing a recall election a desperate Gray Davis, who has twice vetoed similar bills with far more protections at the recommendation of law enforcement officers, said he would sign the current bill "in a heartbeat." An open and shameless political ploy to win Latino votes.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Senator Morrow: Senator.Morrow@sen.ca.gov

84 posted on 09/04/2003 11:11:14 AM PDT by GailA (Millington Rally for America after action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/872519/posts)
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To: Brian S
Some Latino groups are awaiting a position from the White House on the debate over the cards, which they say will be a measure of his commitment to Hispanics.

So the race card continues to be played by radical activist groups. How soon will the Bush administration cave on this one ? Good-bye America.

85 posted on 09/04/2003 11:27:06 AM PDT by lawdog
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To: Brian S
'DUH' Alert!
86 posted on 09/04/2003 12:43:05 PM PDT by Redbob
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To: Uno Animo
They spin it one way to soft pedel the problem. Fight back, call them

CRIMINAL INVADERS!


92 posted on 09/04/2003 10:41:47 PM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: Uno Animo
BTTT
93 posted on 09/05/2003 4:23:29 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak (Stop the open borders death cult)
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To: Joe Hadenuf
BUMP. The USA self destruction button has been pushed. His Globalness better find another jet plane to land for the masses because his sh*t is starting to stink...and I mean all over.
94 posted on 09/05/2003 4:31:43 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak (Stop the open borders death cult)
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To: Brian S
Bush is showing as much leadership on illegal aliens as he did throughout the day of 9-11-01. He's missing, hiding, and running away.
96 posted on 09/05/2003 9:16:24 PM PDT by dagnabbit (Coddling Guilty Saudis = Accessory After the Fact)
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To: GailA
Thanx for the ping! Check this latest thread out and please also post your reply there, we shall add Morrow to the Call list!

Post it here

97 posted on 09/06/2003 12:40:21 AM PDT by JustPiper ( There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.)
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To: novacation
It begins Monday!

Freepers get your phone's ready

98 posted on 09/06/2003 12:44:50 AM PDT by JustPiper ( There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.)
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To: Pro-Bush
We begin Monday to make them and all in the Capitol Aware!

Phone In Blitz

99 posted on 09/06/2003 12:46:19 AM PDT by JustPiper ( There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.)
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To: Tancredo Fan
Help!

Help Tom Tancredo-Phone In Blitz to Congress

100 posted on 09/06/2003 12:51:40 AM PDT by JustPiper ( There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.)
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