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What is happening here in Idaho is happening all across this nation, these Mexican consulates are undermining American Law and aiding and abetting illegal activity, they are setting up office's and installing lawyers to fight and keep the American people from getting their laws enforced.....

The citizens of Idaho demand to have their voices heard against the placement of the Mexican Consulate in the great state of Idaho!!!

The citizens of Idaho have been denied any input into or chance to object to the decision to locate a Mexican Consulate in Idaho. There has been a total black out on news of the Consulate, even the intention to locate one in Idaho. Why the secrecy? Who in the U.S. government that represents Idaho (mention Senator Mike Crapo) and who in the Idaho State Government (mention Governor Butch Otter) is responsible for this deception??? The people of Idaho will be the ones paying the price for it and we deserve an explanation and demand to be heard! This is an outrage!!!

Has Idaho become a banana republic dictatorship??? Obviously representative government has been thrown out of the window!

10,000 people signed a petition, under the direction of activists associated with the Mexican government http://lonewacko.com/blog/archives/007500.html , to demand that the U.S. State Department locate a Mexican Consulate in southern Idaho. Are the signatories legal or illegal? Demand to have the signatures examined. Why would the state of Idaho and the U.S. State Department be responding to the demands of non-citizens? If the citizens of Idaho were offered a petition to sign in opposition to the Mexican Consulate, there would have been tens of thousands of signatures!

The legal citizens of Idaho must be allowed to voice their concerns, make the final decision on locating the Consulate in Idaho and be heard above any illegal immigrant or activists tied to the Mexican government. Has this been forgotten, or just ignored???

Mexican Consulates are magnets for further illegal immigration.
The risk inherent in having a Mexican Consulate in Idaho cannot be exaggerated. Our illegal alien population is about to increase in number overnight, as will the drain on our taxpayer dollars to support this population with health care, schooling, etc..., the increase in crime, and drug related violence and the need for taxpayer funded infra-structure support for schools, roads, etc...

The main function of the Mexican Consulate is to give out Matricular Cards, documentation that can give illegal aliens a form of 'defacto' amnesty. The cards are passed out by the Mexican government, without background checks, and permit the illegal alien to have the same benefits as legal immigrants. Access to bank accounts, establishing credit, access to welfare, heath care and other taxpayer-funded benefits can be obtained with the Matricular card. The benefits will drain the citizens of Idaho of their tax dollars. How dare the state allow the citizens of Idaho to be taxed without representation?

Idaho will become a 'sanctuary state' for illegal aliens, fleeing from states passing strict enforcement laws, and the citizens of Idaho will pay the price in crime, gang violence and tax dollars. Yet, the citizens of Idaho have been given no choice in the location of the Mexican Consulate on Idaho state soil!

In the United States House of Representatives, each Representative serves approximately 693,000 residents as of 2007. So how can the Mexican government justify an entire Mexican Consulate for less than an estimated 100,000 Mexican residents living in Idaho?

*****Senator Crapo has been involved in this issue as early as 2003 and his staff has refused to answer any questions on the Mexican Consulate. http://crapo.senate.gov/media/newsrelea ... id=232400& He has been to Mexico to meet with President Calderon as late as November, 2007 http://mexidata.info/id1638.html . It is obvious he is trying to distance himself from the Consulate issue now that the damage has been done. This cannot be allowed. Call, email or fax his office first and demand to know when he knew and why he kept the Consulate secret from the people of Idaho that he supposedly represents. Express profound disappointment at his actions in arranging the deal to put the Mexican Consulate in Idaho. Tell him that he will pay the price when his re-election time comes around. (This may make Crapo come out against it, hopefully!)

Contact Information:

Governor
C.L. "Butch" Otter
Contact Webmail Form:
http://gov.idaho.gov/WebRespond/contact_form.html

Idaho Senate:
http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/senate/membership.cfm

Attorney General: Lawrence Wasden
E-Mail:
http://www2.state.id.us/ag/about/Consti ... mments.htm
Office of Attorney General
700 W. State Street
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0010
Phone (20 334-2400
Fax (20 854-8071

U.S. Senator Mike Crapo
http://crapo.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
239 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-6142
FAX: (202) 228-1375
TDD: (202) 224-2806

U.S. Senator Larry Craig
http://craig.senate.gov/webform.cfm
Washington, DC
US Senator Larry Craig
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510-1203
tel: 202-224-2752 fax: 202-228-1067