Thread: ID card gives immigrants more opportunity

By TOM RAGAN
Sentinel staff writer

WATSONVILLE â€â€

The original purpose of their Matricula Consular card was to enable the consular staff to find
the files of Mexican citizens in their files more easily. It has been around for generations. It is the recent functions that have been added to it which make it a problem. The Mexican government and special interests can ask for the moon. We do not have to give what they ask for to them. Banks and Motor Vehicle Dpartments do not have to accept it for more than it was.

"Obviously, Mexico isn’t our number one concern, but open borders are always a problem, and we’re not entirely convinced that the background process to determine identity and criminal background (for acquiring the national cards) are being done satisfactorily," said Gary Winuck, chief deputy director for California’s Office of Homeland Security in Sacramento.

"And I’m not just talking about Mexico," he added. "I’m talking about the 130 foreign consulates that operate in California."

The fact of the matter, he said, is that the United States has no jurisdiction over the matter.

This part really disturbs me, when is it not in the United State Jurisdiction, when it is happening in the United States.