Matricula Consular Identification Cards

Americans should be outraged! The recent trend by local communities to recognize identification cards, called matricula consulares, presumably issued by foreign governments is beyond nonsensical. The cards are "used for purposes ranging from opening bank accounts and obtaining driver's licenses to accessing public services." Per Newsmax.com,

Mexican consulates across the United States are estimated to have issued more than 740,000 matriculas consulares in 2001 and more than 1 million in 2003. This year Guatemala plans to make Tarjetas de Identificacion Consular available to 327,000 Guatemalans living in the U.S.

Pennsylvania, Delaware, North Carolina, Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Utah and New Mexico accept the identification card for the issuance of driver�s licenses.

To show how exceedingly dumb it is to give any credence whatsoever to these cards, E.J. Tamara, reporting for the website Quepasa.com, writes:

Los Angeles, U.S., July 23, 2003 (EFE) - A burgeoning black market here frequented by illegal immigrants has a new product: the forged "matricula consular," an official Mexican document some states accept for opening a bank account or getting a driver's license.

The fake registration cards are sold in broad daylight just two blocks from the Mexican Consulate at MacArthur Park, where interested parties can also buy phony Social Security cards, driver licenses, work permits and green cards.

So, it doesn't matter whether you are a migrant worker, fugitive, convicted murderer, rapist, or terrorist, one way or another you can obtain one of these sham identification cards. The only real requirement you have to satisfy is that you have to be an illegal alien.

I'm having real difficulty comprehending the idiocy of ever considering these cards as valid identification.

Thanks to WorldNetDaily.