ID’s may aid Mexican nationals who live in Oklahoma
IMMIGRATIONConsulate visit provides documents
Published: October 26, 2008
Hundreds of Mexican nationals who live in Oklahoma spent Saturday morning at Chelino’s restaurant in Bricktown, where the Mexican consulate from Little Rock, Ark., had set up a temporary office.
A Mexican national living in Oklahoma gets her photo taken for a Meixcan ID card Saturday morning at Chelino’s restaurant in Oklahoma City. PHOTO BY JOHNNY JOHNSON, THE OKLAHOMAN
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Proving identity
Andres Chao, Mexican consul in Little Rock, said many local Hispanic immigrants have trouble getting state-issued IDs, because they do not have their birth certificates or other documents.
Matriculas, while not recognized as official IDs by the state, are useful for opening bank accounts and proving identity, he said.
Sergio, a roofer who did not give his last name, was among those waiting to get a consular card. He said he came to Oklahoma from Durango, Mexico, about 12 years ago, and he and his wife are raising two U.S.-born children.
He said HB 1804 has not negatively affected his family or friends.
Open communication
Chao said the Mexican consulate respects state laws, but the best way to work together is to keep the channels of communication open.
Chao’s consulate opened in April 2007 and has issued more than 30,000 documents to Mexicans in Arkansas, eastern Oklahoma and western Tennessee.


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All 'Sanctuary city, counties & States' should be held accountable and the pro-illegal immigration special interest behind it. File a 'CLASS ACTION' lawsuit in Federal Court. Because these locations are aiding and abetting illegal immigration.
If I was a wealthy person, a pro-sovereignty, anti-illegal immigrant attorney, I'd go after the Governors, Mayors and elected officials, employers who get caught. They are traitors to the true AMERICAN PEOPLE. The real citizens and the immigrants who waited for years patiently to come here.
It cost's $240.00 in my state to file a federal court case. Find an honest attorney and get the ball rolling. I for one will add my name to any judicial complaint. After that, millions of taxpayers will join in...? In San Francisco, a citizen filed a lawsuit and won against overwhelmingly odds, against the Liberal local government, against the ACLU, against the La Raza and all the other pro-illegal alien zealots.
Some Americans don't cower in a dark corner, when the word 'Racist' is yelled-out!
Incidentally, there is an estimated 37 million according to the Tucson sector Border Patrol union local 2544 (with an additional half-million coming every year) a massive financial impact on our economy by importing the worlds poor.
2. The Americans who are losing jobs to cheap immigrant labor. In a 1996 study, a Rice University economist estimated that illegal aliens were then displacing 730,000 American workers a year.
3. The costs to taxpayer for welfare, emergency medical services, education, law enforcement and incarceration for "illegal immigrants" and their dependents -and thousands of State, county welfare is estimated at more than a Trillion dollars.
4. The opportunities for terrorists to spend some time in Mexico, learn Spanish and infiltrate our borders.
The border fence has never built to original planned because the Democrats in a secret session, gutted funding.
Mandate, AND STRICTLY ENFORCE, E-Verify for ALL employers, for ALL employees, and for ANY benefit, and the I.C.E. raids, as well as all of the expemsive new detention facilities, would not be needed.
The illegals would have to begin leaving of their own accord.
Think of the economic effect of giving the 8.7 million jobs, that the illegals have illegally obtained, using forged, or stolen documents, back to Americans.
Think of the economic effect of 65 billion more dollars being spent in our United States, rather than being remitted to Mexico, and South America.
Think of the money saved by decreasing I.C.E.'s effort.
Think of it, and then let's do it!!!
THERE WILL BE NO AMNESTY!!!
OUR ACCEPTABLE IMMIGRATION REFORM
#1. Make Illegal Entry a Felony Permanently Barring Citizenship
#2. Secure Our Borders with our National Guard!!!
#3. Mandate E-Verify for ALL Employees!!!
#4. Cut Off ALL Public Assistance to Illegals and Their Children!!!
#5. Stop the Underground Economy!!!
#6. End Birthright Citizenship for Illegals!!!
......and make it retroactive!!!
#7. End Chain Migration!!!
#8. Make English our Official Language!!!
#9. Cut Off Federal Funds to Sanctuary Cities!!
NOTHING MORE!!! NOTHING LESS!!!
SOUTHWEST BORDER APPREHENSIONS (Source DHS/CBP)
1987--1,190,488------1995--1,394,554------2003----905,065
1988--1,008,145------1996--1,649,986------2004--1,139,282
1989----954,243------1997--1,412,953------2005--1,189,108
1990--1,169,939------1998--1,555,776------2006--1,071,972
1991--1,197,875------1999--1,537,000------2007----858,638
1992--1,258,482------2000--1,643,679------2008----723,825
1993--1,327,259------2001--1,235,718------2009----(beginning 10/01)
1994--1,094,717------2002----929,809
FACT: In the last 22 years, over 26 million illegals, have been apprehended, crossing our Southwest Border.
THE PROBLEM IS: Less than 1, out of 4 illegals, were estimated to have been apprehended, while crossing the border, into our United States.
Mind boggling, isn't it.
According to the U.S. Immigration Service another 6 million illegals in this country are visa overstays. That is, they got a visa legally in their home country, they came here to visit and then they never left.
In the last 22 years, there have been another 4 million anchor babies born to illegals. Anchor babies are now being born at a rate of 350-400 thousand per year in our United States. All at our expense!!
Then the ANCHOR BABIES qualify for welfare, food stamps, section-8 housing, all at our expense.
American Taxpayers are getting screwed, over, and over, and over, again!!!
Each illegal immigrant, on average, costs taxpayers $9,000 PER YEAR, over, and above, anything they might contribute in taxes!!!