Mexican Matricula Consular ID Poses Danger To U.S.

By D.A. King - Columnist

"Federal officials have arrested alien smugglers who have had as many as
seven different Matricula Consular cards in their possession. ... These
criminal threats are significant, but it is the terrorist threat presented
by the Matricula Consular that is most worrisome."

- Testimony of Steve McCraw, Assistant Director of The Office of
Intelligence, FBI, before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration,
Border Security, and Claims, June 26, 2003

"I have said that Mexico does not stop at its border, that wherever there is
a Mexican, there is Mexico" - Mexican president Felipe Caldron in a
September 2, 2007 address to the Mexican nation.

If you drive by the Mexican Consulate in Atlanta on any given day, it is
likely that you could view a line of illegal aliens waiting outside for
their turn to buy an ID card called a "Matricula Consular."

Few readers have heard about the Mexican photo ID. Even fewer know that the
Mexican government also has permanent mobile consulates that travel the
Southeast - and the nation - dispensing the driver's license-sized ID cards.
Or that the only people who are in need of one of these little "stealth
amnesty" cards are illegal aliens.
Anyone who has entered the nation lawfully will have easy access to secure
and verifiable U.S. issued ID - like a passport and a valid visa.

The Mexican government fearlessly admits the Matricula Consular ID is issued
regardless of immigration status. The respected Washington-based Center for
Immigration Studies reports that the objective of the Mexican government
with the matriculas "is to achieve quasi-legal status for Mexican illegals
in the United States without waiting for action from Washington" and is "a
direct challenge to U.S. sovereignty."

FBI Special Agent McGraw also testified to the Congressional Committee that
"the Department of Justice and FBI have concluded 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."

"At least one individual of Middle Eastern descent has also been arrested in
possession of the Matricula Consular card," McGraw said.

Alarmingly, Mexican authorities have reported that it issued 963,782 cards
in 2004, 830,987 in 2005 and 929,702 in 2006. American law enforcement
reports that it is not unusual to arrest someone with multiple matriculas.
About here, the reader may be assuming that with such damning and undeniable
evidence, that no matter how many matriculas have been issued that no one in
their right mind would accept the ID as valid ID ... right?
Wrong. A Matricula Consular can be used to board an airliner in 21st century
America.

In a stunning example of "follow the money", it was primarily the U.S.
banking industry's lobby that was successful in overcoming the well-founded
objections to recognizing the sham ID.

Banks get a commission on money wired out of the U.S. - whether or not it
was legally earned. The next time you are in line at your local bank, watch
to see how many times the teller takes a Matricula s ID to cash a check.
The mortgage industry wails when anyone suggests that the Matricula should
not be accepted as photo ID when making a mortgage loan to illegal aliens.

Try not to think "money laundering." Mexico received more than $20 billion
sent back home by its citizens last year. But most Mexican banks reject the
card - as too insecure.
In a little noted or publicized, but very commendable action, the Cobb
County Board of Commissioners recently voted unanimously to create a list of
county government accepted ID - and the Matricula Consular is not on that
list.

Here, we are lucky that for Cobb government business, we only accept
American ID.

"Identification issued by the federal and/or state government requires an
acceptable level of proof that the applicant is actually the same person to
whom an ID has been issued," explained Cobb Commission Chairman Sam Olens.

Unless we want to prove Mexican president Calderon correct, the entire state
of Georgia should listen to Olens and make the Matricula Consular illegal
for acceptance by any government agency in Georgia.
Georgians who value what remains of American sovereignty and any sense of
security should insist the Georgia legislature gets that message.

D.A. King of east Cobb is president of the Cobb-based Dustin Inman Society.
He has used two Matricula mock-ups - one bearing the name "Al Quada
Gonzalez" - to educate the public on the dangers of Mexican Matricula
consular ID.

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