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Advocacy group cuts months of waiting to one day
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Legal Immigrants Get Passports
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LEXINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) – Officials from Mexico's Consulate office in Raleigh were in Lexington Saturday to help legal Mexican immigrants get passports. The one-stop shopping approach allowed hundreds of people the chance to get the proper paperwork in a matter of hours, compared to months. Roxanna Haynes reports the event was organized by the Latino Roundtable advocacy group.


Passports for Legal Immigrants Available Saturday
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In May, a South Carolina-based company sold what advocates called overpriced ID cards at a flea market in Thomasville.
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By NICOLE FERGUSON
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LEXINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) – Hispanic community advocates want to make it quick and easy for legal Mexican immigrants in Davidson County to get proper identification.

Officials from the Mexico consulate's North Carolina offices will be in Lexington on Saturday at Grace Episcopal Church (419 South Main Street) to provide properly documented immigrants with passports.

More than 400 legal immigrants have signed up to meet with consulate officials. There is also a waiting list of 300.

People who bring proper identification and legal documents will be able to pay for and receive passports in one day. The process easily takes up to a year to complete in Raleigh.

"Anytime we have an opportunity to get a documentation of who's in our country and do it right, l think it's a great opportunity," said Brian Shipwash, Davidson County Clerk of Courts.

Saturday's event was organized after a South Carolina-based company sold what advocates called overpriced ID cards in at a flea market in Thomasville May 18.

Shipwash strongly spoke out against the ID sales then and lent his support to the passport drive by inviting the Mexico consulate official to Davidson County.
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