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	Matricula Consular Cards: Myth and Facts
		MYTH: Matricula Consular cards are official identification issued by the Mexican government to its citizens and are a proper and reliable form of identification for Mexican workers in the United States.
		FACT: The Justice Department and FBI have concluded that the Matricula Consular is not a reliable form of identification due to the non-existence of any means of verifying the true identity of the cardholder.
		Even worse, Matricula Consular cards have been issued upon as little as the word of the person requesting one that they are indeed who they claim to be.
	www.house.gov /garymiller/MatriculaConsularCardsMythandFacts.html (789 words)

	Center for Immigration Studies
		The linchpin for this new strategy was to be the “matricula consular,” an official identity card issued by the Mexican government, which it wanted to be officially recognized within the United States.
		Without a matricula, he or she would be taken to a police station, fingerprinted, and a background check run.
		Given the free pass that local police are giving to matricula holders, it is a certainty that criminals, irrespective of their legal status, are in line when the consulate mobile offices arrive in their localities.
	www.cis.org /articles/2003/back303.html (7051 words)

	Testimony of Steve McCraw, Assistant Director of The Office of Intelligence, FBI Before the House Judiciary ...
		As a result of the extensive efforts to promote the use of the Matricula Consular, a number of other foreign countries are now considering the issuance of their own consular ID cards.
		The Department of Justice and the FBI have concluded that the Matricula Consular is not a reliable form of identification, due to the non-existence of any means of verifying the true identity of the card holder.
		Fourth, in some locations, when an individual seeking a Matricula Consular is unable to produce any documents whatsoever, he will still be issued a Matricula Consular by the Mexican consular official, if he fills out a questionnaire and satisfies the official that he is who he purports to be.
	www.theamericanresistance.com /issues/testimony_2003jun26.html (1441 words)

	Committee on Homeland Security (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Even before recent Congressional hearings on consular identification cards, we received a substantial number of reports suggesting that there is no centralized database for the matricula, that there were no uniform standards for its issuance, and that the application process for the matricula is susceptible to fraud and abuse.
		The matricula "can be a perfect breeder document for establishing a false identity," and therefore can be used to facilitate a variety of crimes, "from money laundering to check fraud." A false identity can also be used by a criminal seeking to conceal his or her true identity.
		The ability of foreign nationals to use the Matricula Consular to create a well-documented, but fictitious, identity in the United States provides an opportunity for terrorists to move freely within the United States without triggering name-based watch lists that are disseminated to local police officers.
	hsc.house.gov /release.cfm?id=47 (1510 words)

	VDARE.com: 05/12/03 - Good News And Bad News On The Matricula Consular
		The bad news: the matricula consular is marching forward, accepted in city after city, aggressively promoted by the Mexican government and its brazen consulate officials.
		The matricula consular is not a Mexican passport.
		Nearly all the applicants for the matricula consular are illegal aliens.
	www.vdare.com /awall/matricula_consular.htm (1395 words)

	Banks’ effort reaches out to Hispanic community Matricula consular
		Among the banks that now accept the matricula consular, an official form of identification issued by the Mexican government to Mexican nationals who live and work in the United States are Wachovia Bank, Fleet Bank, Commun-ity Bank of New Jersey, the Bank of New York and PNC Bank.
		Customers who use the matricula consular as a primary means to open accounts are required to follow the same procedures as any other customers, according to Shah, which means presenting other forms of identity when applying for a bank account.
		We believe that the matricula consular identification, which is sponsored by the Mexican government, follows the current Treasury Department procedures for verifying the identity of this population.
	tritown.gmnews.com /news/2004/0506/Front_Page/036.html (753 words)

	Center for Immigration Studies
		These are the words of a top official in Mexico's foreign ministry, describing his government's piecemeal approach to securing an amnesty for the 3 to 5 million Mexican illegal aliens in the United States, a strategy adopted in the wake of the new security environment in the U.S. after 9/11.
		The Center for Immigration Studies has published the first in-depth examination of the matricula consular and the role it plays in Mexico's attempt to shape U.S. immigration policy: "IDs for Illegals: The 'Matricula Consular' Advances Mexico's Immigration Agenda," by Marti Dinerstein, a Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies and President of Immigration Matters.
		The integrity of the matricula received fresh consideration just last week, when the U.S. General Services Administration suspended a pilot program in which a federal building in San Francisco accepted the matricula consular as valid identification to enter the building to access services.
	www.cis.org /articles/2003/matricularelease.html (638 words)

	Migration Information Source - Consular ID Cards: Mexico and Beyond
		Understanding the debate requires examining several key aspects of the consular ID programs, including the extensive Mexican program, the cards' relationship to immigrant banking and remittances, the effect on local law enforcement, and the prospects for developing such programs for other countries.
		The ID card is a way for the Mexican government to keep track of its citizens for consular and tax purposes, collect data on them, and provide them with what the government considers to be a basic human right: the ability to identify oneself.
		Both consular ID cards and the new emphasis on identification as a security measure are relatively new public policy issues.
	www.migrationinformation.org /USfocus/display.cfm?ID=115 (2756 words)

	Matricula Consular ID card - The Dustin Inman Society - Secure American Borders - Enforce American laws
		The Mexican Matricula Consular ID card is an ID card issued to Mexican foreign nationals in the United States.
		The matricula consular is useful in the United States only for illegal aliens, because legal immigrants by definition have legal U.S. government-issued documents.
		Matricula Consular ID Cards, by the Federation for American Immigration Reform.
	www.thedustininmansociety.org /issues/matricula_id_card.html (530 words)

	Matricula ID Card Poses Security Threat
		And in a report to Congress, Treasury specifically identified as an acceptable document the matricula consular, a Mexican government-issued card which the FBI and Department of Justice have concluded “is not a reliable form of identification” and which poses criminal and terrorist threats.
		The use of the matricula will not enhance the ability of a bank to identify its customers, but well may encourage foreign nationals to immigrate illegally, bolstered by the knowledge that they already have a means of identification that will permit them to remain in the United States uncontested.
		In some locations, when an individual seeking a matricula is unable to produce any documents whatsoever, he may still be issued a matricula by the Mexican consular official, so long as he fills out a questionnaire and satisfies the official that he is who he purports to be.
	www.mnforsustain.org /matricula_card_security_threat_gop.htm (4987 words)

	ID's FOR ILLEGALS - The 'Matricula Consular' Advances Mexico's Immigration Agenda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The matricula is becoming a shield that hides criminal activity for two reasons: first, the holder’s identity was not verified when the card was issued and second, police in jurisdictions that accept the matricula are less likely to run background checks on card holders picked up for minor infractions.
		In an audacious political maneuver, Mexico decided to try to turn the matricula consular into a vehicle to achieve quasi-legal status for its undocumented population in the U.S. Their strategy was two-pronged.
		On December 30, the Mexican Foreign Ministry announced that in 2002 it had issued 1,040,934 matricula consulars to Mexicans in the U.S. Approximately 64% were issued by 10 Mexican consulate offices in three border states – Arizona, California and Texas – and in Chicago, which has the second largest Mexican population after Los Angeles.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/831522/posts (7506 words)

	House of Representatives Removed Provision on Matrícula Consular Identification Card - September 21, 2004
		Despite Republican attempts to restrict the Matrícula Consular identification card, the House of Representatives removed a Republican provision from a spending bill that would have prohibited the Treasury Department from implementing regulations that allow financial institutions to accept matricula consular identification cards as part of a valid customer identification program.
		Congressman Rubén Hinojosa, who co-sponsored the amendment to remove the provision, said that the passing of the amendment proves that the matricula consular ID card is secure and should be sued as a valid form of identification for those wishing to open a new account.
		The Matrícula Consular is internationally recognized as a valid form of identification, much like the consular registration issued by the U.S. State Department to our citizens living abroad.
	www.visalaw.com /04sep3/11sep304.html (452 words)

	COLUMNISTS Bruce Barton
		Commissioner Lorenzo Sierra said during Wednesday’s meeting that the cards are viewed by the commission as merely “ceremonial.” Gilbert mayor Steve Berman said Matricular Consular cards could not be used for any identification purposes in his city.
		If legal, you can get a verifiable ID. The purpose of the Matricula Consular is to give it to people who have violated the law, and you do a disservice to everybody.
		Matricula Consular cards are available to hardened criminals and no questions are asked.
	www.azconservative.org /matricula.htm (1167 words)

	Federation for American Immigration Reform: House Immigration Subcommittee Hearing on Consular ID cards
		He noted several claims that have found the Mexican matricula consular to be a threat to law enforcement and national security.
		She said that the matricula card is not used for immigration purposes but rather only for the purposes of establishing individual identity.
		Gallegly: Gallegly argued that consular cards are harmful to legal immigration because anyone who uses a consular card as a sole source of identification is illegally in the country.
	www.fairus.org /site/PageServer?pagename=leg_legislation161c (1622 words)

	Federation for American Immigration Reform: Matricula Consular ID Cards
		Because consular ID cards are only needed by people who aren’t legally in the U.S. in the first place, communities and businesses that accept the cards as valid ID are undermining immigration enforcement and compromising U.S. security.
		In choosing to recognize the consular ID card, local governments are raising significant legal issues by exercising a form of their own foreign policy, which the Constitution reserves for the federal government under the Constitution, and are in direct conflict with federal law.
		Furthermore, the presentation of a consular ID card by an individual who does not also possess and present a corresponding valid document issued by the U.S. government is prima facie evidence that the person is unlawfully present in the United States.
	www.fairus.org /site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecenters6520 (837 words)

	Continued Confusion Over Matricula Consular Cards
		Many American citizens are confused over the proliferation of Mexican Matricula Consular ID cards, that are thought to be bonafide identification documents.
		Several state and local government agencies and financial institutions accept consular identification or CID cards, which are issued by foreign governments to their citizens living abroad.
		Consular identification cards are issued by some governments to help identify their citizens living in a foreign country.
	www.michnews.com /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/267/9090/printer (684 words)

	MDJonline.com - Marietta, Georgia
		Because of its ease of forgery and the lack of security - not to mention fingerprinting - involved in issuing the Mexican ID, it is not accepted by most banks in Mexico and may not be used to obtain the federally issued Mexican voter ID - or state issued Mexican driver's licenses.
		American police report that it is not uncommon to come across people in possession of multiple matricula consulars - all with different names.
		Ten states in the U.S. accept the matricula as valid ID to issue an American driver's license, thereby eliminating the need for the matricula.
	www.mdjonline.com /articles/2005/09/23/270/10196002.txt (729 words)

	Commentators Favor Matrícula Consular, But Id Acceptance Encounters Other Roadblocks
		However, the House of Representatives has approved an amendment that would strictly regulate the issuance by foreign governments of consular identification cards to their own citizens residing in the U.S. And Colorado has enacted a law that severely restricts the acceptance of consular ID cards by public entities within the state.
		Rejection of consular ID cards would deprive the government of regulatory oversight, result in retaliatory measures against U.S. government-issued IDs in other countries, reduce the ability of U.S. banks to attract foreign investment, and encourage unregulated remittance systems, they contended.
		The amendment prescribes the kinds of proof of identity that consular ID-issuing governments would be allowed to accept from their citizens applying for such an ID and the manner in which ID-related records would have to be kept.
	www.nilc.org /immlawpolicy/cdev/congrssdev009.htm (881 words)

	Democratic Caucus -- Matricula Consular Restrictions Wrong for America
		Also known as the Matricula Consular, this card serves as the primary form of identification for thousands of immigrants in America.
		Matricula Consular cards are identification cards issued by the Mexican embassy, similar to American Consular registration cards issued to Americans traveling overseas.
		Unfortunately, the anti-immigrant elements in the Republican Party can't see through their xenophobic fears long enough to realize the benefits America receives by allowing the use of Matricula Consulars, or the major pitfalls awaiting us if we were to agree with these extremist factions.
	www.dems.gov /index.asp?Type=B_PR&SEC={14574552-CA30-4FDB-985E-0EF376B2D1A7}&DE={8E030322-7EB1-4628-9EA1-E865EA30F2BD} (780 words)

	VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Me, The Matricula, And The Internet
		Being the proud owner of my own Mexican matricula consular id cards (I have three, the name on one I keep to myself) has proven invaluable to illustrate the ease of forgery and access tothese little laminated stealth amnesty cards.
		As part of my presentation, I talk about the matricula, explain that the Office of Intelligence of the FBI regards that Mexican ID as a security threat to the U.S. and show one or both of my enlarged and foam board mounted versions.
		In interview in the Legislative Palace of San Lazaro, he was sorry that to the emigrants who return to the country she denies the passage to them to Mexican ground with the presentation of the mentioned document although she fulfills the requirements that the SRE for their expedition asks for.
	blog.vdare.com /archives/2006/02/20/me-and-the-matricula (722 words)

	Bankers Online: Matricula Consular and Tax
		The cards, known as "matricula consular (search)," are issued by the Mexican government to its citizens living in the United States.
		We currently accept the Matricula Consular in conjunction with an ITIN because in most cases these individuals are NRAs, they have a local address.
		I have to present my findings about the matricula to my bosses soon and i don't want to present something that will be totally different in a month or two.
	www.bankersonline.com /ubbthreads/showflat.php?Number=96792&page=85 (1090 words)

	matricula consular definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		matricula consular definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
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		ma·tric·u·la con·su·lar (plural ma·tric·u·la con·su·lars) or ma·tric·u·la (plural ma·tric·u·las)
	encarta.msn.com /dictionary_701707345/matricula_consular.html (109 words)

	Anti-Matrícula Proposal Defeated; Financial Institutions Can Continue Accepting Consular Ids
		While the anti-matrícula consular provision introduced by Culberson passed by one vote in the Committee on Appropriations, it did not survive the floor debate on the Appropriations bill that took place on Sept. 14, 2004.
		Hinojosa, one of the cosponsors of the effort to strike the Culberson amendment, reiterated that the matrícula consular is secure and that financial institutions should be allowed to accept it as a valid form of ID for those wishing to open a new account.
		In countering Culberson’s allegations that the FBI and the Justice Dept. were opposed to the bipartisan amendment to preserve the use of matrícula consular cards, Bachus presented a letter for the record written by Deputy Atty.
	www.nilc.org /immspbs/DLs/DL019.htm (791 words)

	b l a n c a ~ a l v a r a d o ----<--@ past projects - consular
		The policy was developed with the matrícula consular in mind, and this will be the most common form of consular identification in the county.
		If the County officially recognizes the matrícula consular, the benefits that the policy provides will be additional impetus to immigrants to get the matrícula and may result in fewer robberies.
		In order for people to have a reason to apply for consular identification and use it, they need to know that there are benefits to having it.
	claraweb.co.santa-clara.ca.us /bos/d2/pastproj/consular.html (1688 words)

	DSFCU - Press Room - Matricula Consular Card Accepted as Member Identification
		This ID card has been accepted by the Credit Union since January 2004 and is one of the forms of identification that can be used when applying for membership.
		A Matricula Consular is an official ID card, which is issued by the Mexican Government through its Consular Offices.
		The security features on the Matricula card were created and patented by an American company.
	www.desertschools.org /dsfcu/ds/pressRoomDetail/0,1664,44,00.html (599 words)

	Mexican matricula consular illegal alien ID card toolkit - CAIR - Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform
		The Mexican consulate operates by quietly lobbying cities to adopt the matricula consular ID card without public discussion and citizen input.
		Copy and edit this letter and send it to your local officials who are considering accepting the bogus, non-secure matricula consular ID card.
		A substantial letter of objection was filed with the Denver INS Director and Denver U.S. Attorney asking for an investigation of the City and County of Boulder's acceptance of the Mexican ID card and other activities.
	www.cairco.org /matricula/matricula_toolkit.html (1764 words)

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