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<p>Congress' Permanent Commission, which represents both the upper and lower houses when they are not in full session, voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday in favor of the declaration of support for the documents issued by Mexican consulates abroad.</p> <p>The declaration expressed "concern and disagreement" with a 226-198 vote on July 15 in the U.S. Congress that would require the U.S. State Department to monitor issuance of such cards and punish countries that fail to take steps to prevent fraud.</p>

9 nations ask county to accept ID cards Mexican credential already recognized By Oscar Avila Tribune staff reporter July 3, 2003 The consuls general of nine Latin American nations on Wednesday demanded that Cook County adopt a controversial plan to recognize ID cards issued by their governments. The card, known in Spanish as the matricula consular, is especially valuable to undocumented immigrants who often do not have ID cards because they are ineligible for driver's licenses. The emissaries are backing a proposal by County Commissioner Roberto Maldonado (D-Chicago) that would accept cards issued by Latin American nations. Cook County, like...

Mexican Congressman assures no wall will stop immigration into the U.S.A. Julia Astrid Enriquez Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., June 18, 2003 (quepasa.com) Ernesto Munro Palacio, local Congressman for the LVII Legislature of the Congress in the State of Sonora, assured in an exclusive interview with Quepasa.com that not even a wall on the Arizona-Sonora border would stop the migration flow. The also president of the Border Affairs Commission of the State of Sonora, a state through which a great number of immigrants cross towards the United States, said that while Mexico does not give clear opportunities to everyone, "they will keep...

<p>Several people from the Latino community will continue to congregate and form neighborhood groups after two weeks of community meetings over Border Patrol enforcement efforts.</p> <p>"The group is awakened, and it was like a volcano that was simmering," said 5-year resident Adela Coronado-Greely, who hosted a group of 25 to 30 Spanish-speaking Latinos at her house last week.</p>

Mexico to campaign to legalize workers 11/23/02 MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's foreign minister, Jorge Castaneda, said his country would begin a "bottom-up campaign" to win U.S. public support for a proposal to legalize 3.5 million undocumented Mexican workers in the United States. Castaneda said Mexican officials will begin rallying unions, churches, universities and Mexican communities. "What's important is that American society sees a possible migratory agreement in a positive light," Castaneda said. "We are already giving instructions to our consulates that they begin propagating militant activities -- if you will -- in their communities."

Fox Tells U.S. to Treat Mexico Like a Partner August 27, 2002 -- 06:44 AM ET By Kieran Murray MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Vicente Fox has called on the United States to treat his country like a true partner and push ahead with a migration deal that could benefit millions of illegal Mexican migrants. Fox said Monday it was too often forgotten that Mexico bought around $150 billion of U.S. goods every year and that many thousands of American workers owed their jobs to that trade link. "We are the most important partner of the United States in...

Castañeda maintains pressure for immigration reform The News Staff - 5/21/2002 Foreign Relations Secretary Jorge Castañeda on Monday reiterated his call for the legalization of millions of Mexican workers in the United States. "We won't rest until we achieve the regularization of our countrymen," Castañeda told onlookers during a commencement ceremony in Los Angeles. Echoing recent calls made by President Vicente Fox, Castañeda urged U.S. lawmakers to act fast on immigration reform, saying "there can't be big advances in the bilateral agenda if we don't give immigration deeper attention." During a trip to New York two weeks ago, Fox told...