Consul-related Immigration News Archives Digest
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June 17, 2008
The New York-area consulates from nine Latin America countries have joined forces in an effort called the "Coalition of Latin American Consulates in New York." From this: ...the group plans to work together on issues they consider common to their immigrant populations _ from holding informational "consular fairs" and public...
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June 09, 2008
Some years ago, the Mexican government found a new purpose for their old Matricula Consular ID card: indentification for illegal aliens. However, in past reports that I've seen they haven't explicitly admitted its real purpose, only saying that they hand out those cards to their citizens without regard to their...
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April 20, 2008
From this we learn that Mexico is reopening their consulate in New Orleans, which they'd closed in 2002. Not only that, but putative U.S. president George Bush will be there to celebrate the event. This coincides with the fourth annual SPP North American Leaders Summit to be held in that...
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March 16, 2008
On the following video you can see someone identified here as Alberto Lozano, spokesman for the Mexican Consulate in San Diego, tell a group of protesters in front of that consulate what the Mexican government really thinks: "This has been and will be Mexico" Expect apologists try say he was...
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February 23, 2008
The Mexican government has apparently applied to the U.S. State Department to open a new consulate in Boise, Idaho, and they might have already rented office space. This followed a petition drive which garnered 10,000 signatures in support of the new consulate. At least two of those pushing the scheme...
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February 07, 2008
I don't know how much credence to give the possible assault charge discussed here, but a mobile Mexican consulate from their Santa Ana office held an event at a public school in San Juan Capistrano, California to pass out, among other forms of ID, Matricula Consular cards. Having to use...
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December 13, 2007
Luis Miguel Ortiz Haro - Mexican consul for Orange County, CA - is being reassigned, apparently as part of the Mexican government's normal process of shifting their agents around. Jennifer Delson of the Los Angeles Times says bye-bye in her own special, pro-Mexico way (link). And, oddly enough, she discusses...
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December 07, 2007
The only thing shocking about this is that he'd openly admit it: [Today, Mexican president Felipe Calderon] asked his diplomatic representatives in the U.S. to participate in the public debate on immigration by appearing at public events, talking more to the media and working with nonprofit groups to promote Mexican...
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October 19, 2007
From this: The Mexican Consulate wants to send mobile units to Irving [Texas] to issue identification cards [Matricula Consular cards] to illegal immigrants to try to save them from arrest and deportation. Irving Mayor Herbert Gears said the ID cards could prevent only a few arrests, but he promised to...
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October 03, 2007
From this: The Mexican government is giving its consulates in the U.S. wide latitude to ramp up a campaign to toughen their defense of immigrants and plans to give them more resources as well, officials familiar with the strategy said. ...Among the actions under discussion are the creation of an...
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August 28, 2007
Back in 2003, former Arksansas governor and current presidential contender Mike Huckabee asked Vicente Fox to establish a Mexican consulate in Arkansas. They opened that earlier this year, and consul Andres Chao has been a busy beaver: A sweeping [Prop. 200/187-style] Oklahoma law denying benefits and jobs to illegal immigrants...
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July 29, 2007
Andres Chao - Mexico's consul for their new outpost in Little Rock, Arkansas - visited Memphis and spoke to the "local Mexican community" at an event organized by the Hispanic Business Alliance: ...The office has faced heavy demand for Mexican passports and matricula consular identification cards since its official opening...
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July 20, 2007
From this: Mexico's ambassador to the United States yesterday said previous Mexican officials made a "dumb mistake" by issuing comic books to aid illegal aliens crossing the border, and said his government cannot criticize U.S. treatment of illegal aliens as long as Mexico has harsh laws on its books. "It's...
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July 16, 2007
The article "Mexican consul's biggest challenge is immigration" by Dianne Solis of the Dallas Morning News isn't as bad as other articles about a paper's local Mexican consul, but, as with the others, it avoids asking the tough questions, and it gives the consul an opportunity to make questionable statements...
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May 25, 2007
This CSPAN WMV file has DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff saying the following: "If we're going to change the dynamic here we've gotta be completely honest with the American people about what's practical and what's impractical, about how long it's going to take, about how much it's going to cost and...
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May 23, 2007
Randal Archibold of the New York Times offers "Debate Raging, Mexico Adds to Consulates in U.S." about Mexico's latest outpost, this one in Little Rock, Arkansas. Somewhat to my surprise, they actually include some of the downsides and question some of Mexico's motives although, of course, they don't go far...
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April 24, 2007
A new Mexican Consulate is opening in Little Rock, Arkansas tomorrow. The consul is Andres Chao and the "event coordinator" for the opening is Liliana Olea. Gov. Mike Beebe will be out of town and is sending Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, but he's nonetheless ecstatic: "Any time you have a...
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April 01, 2007
Apparently a mobile Mexican consulate - from which our friends to the south distribute Matricula Consular ID cards - tried to set up shop at the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant in Costa Mesa, California. A group of protesters from the Minuteman Project were apparently able to get enough support...
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From KGBT's Victor Castillo we learn this: Miriam Medel, Mexican Consulate [in McAllen] spokesperson, tells Action 4 News they'll be very vigilant all weekend [due to the Minuteman Project patrolling the Rio Grande Valley based out of Mission, Texas]. "We want to make sure that no human rights are violated,...
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February 13, 2007
A series of PDF files containing the transcripts of the trial of Border Patrol agents Ramos and Compean is here: usdoj.gov/usao/txw/press_releases/Compean-Ramos/index.html An MSM report with very little information gleaned from them is here, and a thread that may in the future have some more information is here. I've cached the...
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January 29, 2007
From this (no permalink): Local 2544 has credible reports that the Naco Station PAIC allowed Mexican Consulate personnel full, unsupervised access to illegal aliens being held at the Naco Border Patrol station. Mexican Consulate personnel were personally escorted into the Naco Border Patrol detention area by the PAIC, and were...
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January 09, 2007
N.C. Aizenman of the Washington Post delivers a wet sloppy one on Ana Margarita Chavez, El Salvador's Washington DC consul general. With her "long black curls" and "bubbly laugh", she makes sure that the one-quarter of that country's population that lives in the U.S. keeps sending their money back home...
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October 02, 2006
Janie Har of the Oregonian offers "Mexican consul walks a fine line" about Mexico's consul general for Oregon, Fernando Sanchez Ugarte. Despite having five screens (!) to work with, there is very little of interest to those who've, for instance, watched how the government of Mexico has been able to...
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September 27, 2006
It was a canard fest at Ohlone College in Fremont (Bay Area, CA) on Tuesday as Mexican Consul General Alfonso de Maria y Campos spoke about illegal immigration. All of his statements have been heard many times before from both Mexicans and Americans. And, Angela Woodall of The Argus (part...
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August 21, 2006
Mexico has 49 or so consulates in the U.S., more than any other country. Some Wichita residents are trying to get the 50th built in Wichita, Kansas. The nearest consulate is in Kansas City, Missouri, just 200 miles away. From the report by Christina M. Woods in the Wichita Eagle:...
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August 17, 2006
Mexican Ambassador Carlos de Icaza visited his forward outpost in Atlanta and proferred words of wisdom for us all: "We need to start talking like neighbors, stop the 'blame game' and start looking at this issue constructively... We need both the United States and Mexico to acknowledge that international cooperation...
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August 14, 2006
Speaking at the third annual Border Security Conference at UTEP (University of Texas at El Paso), Mexico's ambassador to the United States, Carlos de Icaza, gave his stamp of approval to "comprehensive" immigration "reform." He not only joins Bush, Fox, Kennedy, McCain, Sheila Jackson Lee, Jack Kemp, and a host...
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August 03, 2006
The Mexican consul general in Colorado, Juan Marcos Gutierrez-Gonzalez ("JMGG"), has thoughts and notes on their new law against illegal immigration. JMGG says the new laws are creating "a climate of fear and anxiety", even causing some Mexicans living in Colorado to consider a change of venue: "Some are asking...
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June 26, 2006
Alicia Robinson of Orange County's Los Angeles Times-affiliated Daily Pilot offers "ID card seen as ticket to a brighter future" about Mexico's Matricula Consular cards, aka "IDs for illegals". Mexico passes those IDs out to their citizens in the U.S. irrespective of their immigration status, and they're mostly used by...
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June 06, 2006
Here's Part 2 of an interview with former US Border Patrol Supervisor David Stoddard: Agents tell me that these Mexican Consul officials are allowed unrestricted access to roam the different Border Patrol Stations in order to "service" illegal Mexican aliens. During their rounds, these foreign consular officials are allowed to...
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April 24, 2006
As discussed many times, Mexico has mobile consulates that they set up in small towns in order to provide Matricula Consular cards and other services to their citizens, many or most of whom are here illegally. Now, Daniel Connolly of the AP offers a nary-a-dissenting-word article with the news that...
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February 07, 2006
The Pikes Peak Library District will be allowing the Mexican consulate to give out Matricula Consular cards and other services at its Sand Creek branch on Saturday Feb 11. Knowing that many of those receiving these cards will be illegal aliens, and they will use those cards to stay in...
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December 05, 2005
Heather MacDonald has a summary here. I believe this is a shorter version of this article. Highly recommended for various apologists who refuse to acknowledge the problem we have with our "friends" to the south....
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September 12, 2005
The article "Controversy roils over Mexican ID" has a detail-rich roundup of Mexico's Matricula Consular cards, aka "IDs for illegals". It includes this bit that I didn't know: A glossy brochure handed out at the Mexican Consulate in San Diego promises Mexicans that having one of the cards "can make...
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August 31, 2005
The Mexican government passes out Matricula Consular ID cards to their citizens who are in the U.S. illegally. The cards allow illegal aliens to open bank accounts and in some states obtain driver's licenses. And, Mexican consuls travel from outpost to outpost in the U.S. distributing them to their citizens....
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July 26, 2005
Lindsay Randall of the Tyler Morning Telegraph covers Henderson and Van Zandt counties. She also has apparently never heard of Google, Yahoo, or even Altavista. The article "Mexican Consulate Brings Outreach Program to Tyler" describes a story similar to many covered here in the past: the Mexican government comes to...
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July 09, 2005
In the latest case, it involved Suffolk County (Long Island) Executive Steve Levy's attempts to shut down clown houses. Backstory in "Suffolk County's Steve Levy has a spine". Levy's actions have prompted our "friends" from the south to swing into action: "Mexican official: Farmingville among places for top anti-Mexican acts"....
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June 20, 2005
Yes, I realize the title is a bit... strong. However, sometimes it's good to call things by their real names. The report "Mexican Consulate Opening in Minnesota" informs us that the new consulate: will issue passports and an identification card called a "matricula consular," which can be used to...
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May 26, 2005
Keep reading, because you might be shocked how this ends up. From "Mexican consulate representative joins in ordinance debate": A representative of the Consulate General of Mexico in Chicago joined several other panelists last week in supporting a proposed ordinance that would officially restrict Richfield city employees from asking about...
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May 20, 2005
There's so much wrong with this May 1 article from Oregon that I don't know where to start: For the first time in Ashland - and with no questions about immigration status - Mexican-born residents of the valley flocked to get a highly valued card called the matricula consular, a...
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March 06, 2005
After reading the Statesman Journal article "Waiting for documentation" I'm not so sure. Could Salem, Oregon have changed hands and is it now under the jurisdiction of Mexico? Let's find out: Nearly 2,000 people converged on McKay High School on Saturday to obtain services from the Mexican government... [...poetic bit...
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February 07, 2005
LOS ANGELES - County supervisor Mike Antonovich said Monday he received a fraudulent Mexican identification card with his own photo on it and wants the county to stop recognizing the consular cards as valid identification. Antonovich, who was the lone vote among the county's five supervisors against first recognizing the...
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December 29, 2004
Last paragraph: "He basically told us to stay on a straight path and avoid getting into trouble," Hilario Morales, 48, a day laborer [and presumably an illegal alien --LW] from Oaxaca, said after the consul general's visit. Whole thing here, but I think you can figure out what it's about...
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October 11, 2004
No surprises in the headline or the story. The only question is: "how many hours until the administration caves in to his demands?" ...Fox appeared to play on his name -- which in Spanish would be "Zorro," the legendary masked sword fighter -- saying he would defend the so-called matricula...
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September 30, 2004
The following is an alleged news report from Austin TX's KXAN: The Mexican consulate has announced a program which puts a face, literally, on thousands of Mexican immigrants. Authorities say something as simple as an identification card will save money and lives. It's an important day for immigrants. Many of...
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The WashTimes reports on the GAO telling us something we already knew: Foreign nationals illegally in the United States are using identification cards issued by the governments of Mexico and Guatemala to avoid apprehension and deportation, a government report said. According to the Government Accountability Office, weaknesses in U.S. government...
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September 27, 2004
In "Conferring Legitimacy, This Card Draws a Crowd", the L.A. Times discusses a visit of a friendly Mexican consul to south Orange County to pass out ID cards that the FBI considers a security threat. It has the standard bits, ending with a heartwarming vignette about one of the new...
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September 19, 2004
The titular quote is from none other than St. Clair (MI) County commissioner Pamela Wall, discussing Matricula Consular cards in the article "County to decide on Mexican ID card; Consul: Document should be accepted as legal identification". Mexico's consul in Detroit wants the fine St. Clair county commissioners to accept...
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From Lexington, KY's TV station WKYT comes "Mexican government helps immigrants acquire passports, identification cards": MAYFIELD, Ky. -- The Mobile Mexican Consulate visited Mayfield over the weekend to help Mexican immigrants apply for passports... "These are illegal and legal people," [a Baptist minister] said. "This has nothing to do with...
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PIIPPs ("pro-illegal immigration puff pieces") don't just appear in the NYT, they also appear in smaller papers like the Racine, WI Journal Times. Here's the first paragraph of "Mexican Consulate helps locals with their papers": Yara Duran wants to open a bank account to start saving money for her 1-year-old...
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September 14, 2004
America's amigos in the Bush administration have scored another partial victory: The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to support a Bush administration plan to allow the use of Mexican identification cards ["Matricula Consular" cards] to open U.S. bank accounts. The House voted 222 to 177 remove language in...
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August 26, 2004
And, did one of their stories get loose and end up in a Minneapolis indie paper? The article "Mexicans Anticipate Consulate: Proposed center would be boon to immigrant community" would be funny if it weren't so sad. I've saved off a copy in case it gets re-written, and here are...
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August 10, 2004
Almost six months ago I blogged about Georgia Rep. Pedro Marin and his ties to the non-profit Mexican Center of Atlanta. The Mexican Center had had ties to the Mexican consulate before Marin was selected to be their director. That job paid him $50,000 per year. However, before he was...
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July 15, 2004
From Knight-Ridder: Banks would no longer be able to accept a Mexican identification card popular with illegal immigrants under a measure approved Thursday by a House subcommittee. The House appropriations subcommittee that funds the Treasury Department, on a 9-7 party-line vote, blocked a Treasury rule that permits banks to accept...
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June 16, 2004
From the AP, always an unbiased source of immigration information: Mexican President Vicente Fox said Wednesday that Mexicans in the United States have improved their standard of living, but must still fight for better access to education, jobs and social services. "Mexicans?" As in, Mexican-Americans? Or, as in Mexican tourists...
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June 09, 2004
This article is a few years old, but the issue is still ignored by our (current) "leaders": 'Mexican Aggression And Its American Collaborators': Armed with a population that doubles every 24 years and strengthened by the overwhelming popularity of their newly-elected president, [Mexico is] launching a demographic war against the...
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May 31, 2004
An L.A. Daily News editorial discusses the Mexican government's latest scheme: Although it's poor form to criticize a gift, it's hard not to second-guess the Mexican government's choice of presents for the people of Los Angeles County. The country's local consulate has donated some 27,000 textbooks, novels and other literature...
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April 14, 2004
The Mexican consulate in Dallas (that's in Texas, in the United States) needs more office space to avoid long lines. And, they want it free. Moreover, the mayor of Dallas did not tell them to go get stuffed, she had this to say: "We may not have any space. But...
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March 18, 2004
From the L.A. Daily News article 'Mexico joins hands with LAUSD': Hoping to boost academic performance and lower dropout rates among Latino students, the Mexican government and Los Angeles Unified School District officials announced a joint outreach program Wednesday targeting Spanish-speaking families. Much of the mostly volunteer program, which could...
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February 28, 2004
FoxNews recently published 'Georgia Latinos Object to 'Illegal Aliens' Label': Each year, nearly 1 million foreigners unlawfully sneak into the United States. But don’t call them "illegal aliens" because that's the moral equivalent of a racial slur, according to the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials. "We do find that...
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June 04, 2003
From the Santa Rosa Press Democrat: An ID card issued by the Mexican government [see this backgrounder on these "Matricula Consular" cards]gained significant backing Tuesday in Wine Country as the Napa City Council voted unanimously to recognize it as valid identification... The cards, however, have become a hot-button issue in...
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February 21, 2003
I created a thread here about the Dallas Morning News article "Mexican ID opens doors for undocumented workers in U.S." The subtitle of the article is 'Critics say 'matricula' is a tool to facilitate illegal immigration', which in a way summarizes the whole article: it's mostly pro-Matricula Consular, with a...
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