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Mexicans get documents
By LILLIAN KAFKA
lkafka@potomacnews.com
Sunday, July 1, 2007



Mexican consul Lydia Nieto gives Felipe Martin his passport at Northern Virginia Community College Manassas campus Saturday.
Men, women and children; mothers, fathers and married couples - all Mexican citizens - received official Mexican documents Saturday at the first Mexican Embassy-sponsored event in Manassas in five years.

About 700 Mexican citizens received passports and consulate ID cards Saturday at the Manassas campus of Northern Virginia Community College.

Manassas is back on the embassy's map, according to Consul Enrique Escorza, who said the growing number of Mexican citizens in the area

justified their hosting a day where Mexicans could access embassy resources which are normally available in the District.

In the wake of the U.S. Senate's rejection of a bill that would have provided the country a guest worker program and amnesty for millions of undocumented immigrants, now is as important a time as ever for aliens to carry official identification, said Escorza.

Esther Ambriz, who lives in Dumfries, said she was applying for a passport to travel from Virginia to Michoacan, Mexico, where she is from.

"If something happened out there, it a lot harder to travel at the last minute [without a passport]," she said.

"A lot of these people don't have any ID. They have a long time here in the U.S. and they travel. A lot of people need a passport to open an account at the bank," Ambriz said.

And opening a bank account is crucial for Hispanic workers, who could be targeted if they carry large amounts of cash, Escorza said.

"Instead of me having all the cash that I made this month in my pockets," he said, having an ID card helps to open a bank account.

One man from Leesburg, who declined to give his name, said he was applying for a passport so he could open a bank account.

The man, from Jalisco, Mexico, waited in line Saturday with his wife and children.

Escorza said that only Mexican citizens without criminal records can obtain a passport or identification card.

"To the community this is of great value. These people have the means to prove who they are," Escorza said. "The community can have peace of mind that this confirms they do not have criminal backgrounds."

He said in order to receive a Mexican passport or a consulate ID card, a Mexican citizen must submit a birth certificate, at least one form of ID, and proof of their address in the U.S.

Once those documents are accepted, applicants must also submit biometric data:

fingerprints, photos and electronic signatures.

Data submitted in the applications is compared to an international database on criminals and suspected terrorists, Escorza said.

If their name is already flagged for having a criminal background in Mexico or because the person is a suspected terrorist, that person would not receive documents from the consulate, he said.

Once a person was confirmed for a passport or a consulate ID card, the documents were created on the spot at NVCC.

Escorza said the documents, especially the consulate ID card, are nearly impossible to counterfeit.

With 17 security features, including coded photographs and holograms, authorities can easily check for counterfeits using a plastic pocket decoder issued by the Mexican government.

"In a way it looks simple, but it's a very sophisticated card," Escorza said.

On the back of the card is a bi-dimensional bar code that includes the biometric data.

He said that because so many people responded to the Manassas event on Saturday, the Mexican Embassy would likely hold another passport and consulate ID event there next year.

"To feel the support of the community college is of tremendous value," Escorza said. "They are kind enough to allow us to use the room and the Internet access. I have no words but gratitude to them."

The consulate will offer another opportunity to obtain Mexican passports and consulate IDs in Richmond on July 14 and 15 at Ramsey Memorial United Methodist Church.

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Does anyone have the address to this place. I will send all my Illegal neigborhors there. They will be sorry when this gets out. I hope the United States does not tilt when the all get there.

I am going to write NVCC and complain. that is my tax dollars are work and I resent it being used by illegals.

How could they be validated without a US Customs stamp? I hope whoever might pick these folks up should see that there was no legal entry to the US, despite them now having offical passports.

Originally Posted by Captainron

How could they be validated without a US Customs stamp? I hope whoever might pick these folks up should see that there was no legal entry to the US, despite them now having offical passports.

mexican embassy might have a mexican stamp for a passport

Data submitted in the applications is compared to an international database on criminals and suspected terrorists, Escorza said.

So, you have to be on a terrorist list to be disqualified!?? Never mind the 14 offences for DUI, assault, hit and run, domestic abuse. Just another fine illegal loaded with family values and aided and abetted in their lawbreaking by the Mexico Consulate.

It absolutely enrages me, that Mexico has consulates scattered all over country and is handing out ID's. I'm stunned that the feds let this happen (not really). These invasion HQ's needed to be dismantled. There will be hell to pay if another terrorist attack is carried out by someone with a Matricular card!

Escorza said the documents, especially the consulate ID card, are nearly impossible to counterfeit.

With 17 security features, including coded photographs and holograms, authorities can easily check for counterfeits using a plastic pocket decoder issued by the Mexican government.

Nothing the Mexican government does makes any sense.
Stop the invasion, and DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS!

Paige said:

Does anyone have the address to this place. I will send all my Illegal neigborhors there. They will be sorry when this gets out. I hope the United States does not tilt when the all get there.

ROTF

I hope this article becomes evidence in a trial.

Did anyone try to report it?

If we must kiss the keisters of the illegal invaders, it is still a felony to aid and abet them.

If some honest men and women, in law enforcement, would go after the lowlifes in the government, business and the general population that have been aiding and abetting them, by the time they had enough of a handle on it to raise their heads from the job and look around, I don’t think many illegal aliens would still be left.

We don’t need any new laws to do this either. Just some honest men and women!


Federal Immigration and Nationality Act
Section 8 USC 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv)(b)(iii)

"Any person who . . . encourages or induces an alien to . . . reside . . . knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such . . . residence is . . . in violation of law, shall be punished as provided . . . for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs . . . fined under title 18 . . . imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both."
Section 274 felonies under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, INA 274A(a)(1)(A):
A person (including a group of persons, business, organization, or local government) commits a federal felony when she or he:
* assists an alien s/he should reasonably know is illegally in the U.S. or who lacks employment authorization, by transporting, sheltering, or assisting him or her to obtain employment, or
* encourages that alien to remain in the U.S. by referring him or her to an employer or by acting as employer or agent for an employer in any way, or
· knowingly assists illegal aliens due to personal convictions

Reported to campus police.

macampuspolice@nvcc.edu

and the

http://www.manassascity.org/forms.as...&submitted=yes

And then I noticed it was the Mexican Embassy handing out the documents. That sort of took the wind out of my sails for the moment.



P.S. I still don't like it!