Mexico officials pay visit to area
Larissa Chinwah



Maria Perez hasn’t visited her family in Mexico or traveled outside the United States since arriving here more than a decade ago.

But in a couple of months, Perez and her 11-year-old son Sergio will take their first vacation off the mainland now that Perez has her Mexican passport.

Perez was among about 200 Mexicans who Thursday obtained passports and a Mexican identification card called a “matricula consularâ€