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02-04-2003, 06:43 AM
Phyllis Schlafly
February 4, 2003
Townhall.com
Last year's failed attempt to get Congress to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens has morphed into stealth amnesty. This devious plan is hidden behind a little card that looks like a California driver's license and goes by a strange foreign name: matricula consular.
Mexican President Vicente Fox has instructed his 47 consulates in the United States to issue these identification cards to Mexicans living illegally in this country, and they are lining up by the thousands to pay $29 to get one. More than 1 million were issued in 2002, and more than 1 million older matriculas issued prior to Sept. 11 are still in circulation.
Since no one except an illegal alien would want or need a matricula consular, there must be some reason other than identification for the Mexicans' eagerness to acquire them. Indeed, there is.
The matricula consular is a "let's pretend" identification card designed to access U.S. privileges and benefits to which aliens are not entitled. The cards are part of Vicente Fox's plan to circumvent U.S. federal immigration laws by lobbying state and local authorities to grant amnesty in incremental steps.
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February 4, 2003
Townhall.com
Last year's failed attempt to get Congress to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens has morphed into stealth amnesty. This devious plan is hidden behind a little card that looks like a California driver's license and goes by a strange foreign name: matricula consular.
Mexican President Vicente Fox has instructed his 47 consulates in the United States to issue these identification cards to Mexicans living illegally in this country, and they are lining up by the thousands to pay $29 to get one. More than 1 million were issued in 2002, and more than 1 million older matriculas issued prior to Sept. 11 are still in circulation.
Since no one except an illegal alien would want or need a matricula consular, there must be some reason other than identification for the Mexicans' eagerness to acquire them. Indeed, there is.
The matricula consular is a "let's pretend" identification card designed to access U.S. privileges and benefits to which aliens are not entitled. The cards are part of Vicente Fox's plan to circumvent U.S. federal immigration laws by lobbying state and local authorities to grant amnesty in incremental steps.
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