Have you voted "YES" to stop the Mexican Consular ID card?

Stein Report ^ | July 29, 2003 | Dan Stein

[lonewacko_dot_com]

Thursday is the deadline for Americans to tell the Treasury Department in no uncertain terms they want to stop acceptance of the Matricula Consular - the Mexican consular ID card. Currently, the department has written bad regulations that allow banks to treat the unverifiable card as a secure identity document, opening the door to money-laundering, identity theft, and terrorists...

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See this page for the details. Sending your comments to the Treasury Department just involves filling out a web form, as described at that link.

For background, see the FBI report here: http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress03/mccraw062603.htm

"It is believed that consular ID cards are primarily being utilized by illegal aliens in the United States... The Department of Justice and the FBI have concluded that the Matricula Consular is not a reliable form of identification..."

Also see IDs for Illegals: The 'Matricula Consular' Advances Mexico's Immigration Agenda, Mexican ID cards under fire, and House bill restricts consular I.D. cards.

[veracious]

Done.

[MissouriForBush]

Done. Thank you for a very important post!

[joesnuffy]

Stop the invasion

[lilylangtree]

Freeped.

[Howlin]

Please read this thread and spread the word!

[Search4Truth]

Freeped and BUMPED!

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[johnb838]

Freeped and BUMPED again.

[nanss]

Thanks so much for providing this info. Surprised we haven't heard about but have been away from Tucson since April. Have made our feelings quite clear.

[djreece]

Yes, I have. :-)

[wjcsux]

bump.

[Brian Allen]

Voted "Yes," with the comment:

"The only foreign-issued identification permissable in Law should be a foreign-issued passport displaying the appropriate United States of America issued Visa and the required United States of America Port of Entry stamps and endorsements etceteras that prove the legality of the applicant's entry and stay within the United States of America's Sovereign Borders."

Bump!/Ping!

[Inspectorette]

Howlin, thanks for the ping!

[Political Junkie Too]

I don't know why this isn't considered a violation the the Constitution Article I Section 10 Clause 1:

No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

or Article I Section 10 Clause 3:

No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

I would think that California's arrangement with Mexico to accept their Matricula Consular is a treaty, agreement or compact with a foreign nation.

-PJ

[texgal]

Voted, sent message and BUMP!

[Afronaut]

Done

[He Rides A White Horse]

Sending your comments to the Treasury Department just involves filling out a web form, as described at that link.

Let me guess; press one for English, 'numero uno' for Espanol.

[He Rides A White Horse]

Can't wait for the Saudi consular card. Entitles bearer to free flight school training in addition to collecting other benefits.

[LibertarianInExile]

They've actually been invaded. Wait for Texas and Arizona to make similar arrangements.

[chicagolady]

Important FReep!