Posted on 07/23/2009 5:33:57 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Typically, a foreign consulate in the United States doles out passports, helps travelers in crisis and serves as a liaison to the home country.
But the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles has become an almost de facto public agency in recent years, forming partnerships with government officials and nonprofits here to provide healthcare, offer mental health counseling, fight labor violations and hold literacy classes.
The consulate took another step earlier this year to meet the needs of Mexicans living in L.A. County by teaming up with the Superior Court and the county's Department of Children and Family Services to regularly assist Mexican nationals in dependency proceedings.
Court and county officials welcomed the help, even giving the consulate space for a desk at the Edelman Children's Court in Monterey Park. Ted Myers, chief deputy director of the family services department, said having consular representatives on site helps parents, who are often in shock after having their children taken away, understand and maneuver through the dependency court system.
"It's great having them there and being able to connect [parents] to the services right away," he said. "It vastly increases the probability of them following through and keeping appointments."
In March, Michael Nash, the presiding judge in Juvenile Court, and Juan Marcos Gutierrez-Gonzalez, the Mexican consul general, signed an agreement laying out procedures to follow if Mexican nationals are involved in dependency court proceedings. For example, court officials agreed to allow consular representatives to attend court hearings.
The consulate also began offering free Spanish-language parenting classes, using a curriculum approved by the county. Most of the parents, including 27-year-old Mexican immigrant Gema Galvan, were ordered by the court to attend classes.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Just to clarify social services in the US since they don’t have any in Mexico. They send them here.
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Illegals
Absolutely disgusting!
Not just in Los Angeles. We have one here in Little Rock which does the same thing.
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Nice to know some countries still look out for their citizens, even when they are illegal.
“the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles has become an almost de facto public agency in recent years”
nonsense.....it is just a mask for la Raza!
“guiding immigrants to social services”
Hmmmmm.....I wonder who pays for those social services?
May explain, in part, why California is broke.
1-2 million children in schools
thousands in courts and jails
hospitals closed down
gangs
drugs
poverty
crime
prositiution
And I am being told that I should be more “tolerant”.
Hey, why not, California has so much money they don’t know what to do with it all.....or at least they used to. Maybe they should tax Hollywood stars 90% on their income or something.
They have been doing this for years. It is just now being covered by the media.
Nothing like active participation in undermining the state of Kalif even further...
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