Is Mexico Thwarting U.S. Immigration Enforcement?

From Matt Hayes, an immigration lawyer:

Most people know that Usama bin Laden's terror group, Al Qaeda (Arabic for "the base"), derives its name from the Mujahideen database that bin Laden developed through the 1980s and 1990s. Using "the base," bin Laden could call on a corps of operatives to carry out missions.

There is growing evidence that the Mexican government, in similar fashion, is working with a group called the Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior ("Institute of Mexicans Abroad") to use its matricula consular database to deploy illegals to state legislatures and city councils across America. There, the illegal aliens - Mexican nationals who have been provided a matricula consular card - pack the gallery and seek to apply pressure against legislators who sponsor or intend to vote for bills that enhance immigration law enforcement...

California Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy recalls the floor debate on a California measure, SB 60, which would have allowed illegal aliens in California to qualify for a state driver's license. Referring to the former name of the territory ceded to the United States by Mexico as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848, Mountjoy took the floor and said, "This bill paves the road to Aztlan."

"Then everyone in the gallery stood up and applauded," Mountjoy said.

For another example, consider this post where Napa's City Council voted in favor of accepting Matricula Consular cards:

The City Council vote was met with cheers by the audience of about three dozen people, including San Franciso's consul general of Mexico... "I always say the hardest part is getting the first one to do it," said Consul General Georgina Lagos Donde, adding that she hopes the Napa vote influences other cities in Wine Country... "I've already been in touch with the mayors of Sonoma and Petaluma," she said.

Immigration2003 · Fri, 03/19/2004 - 13:31 · · Importance: 1