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This story in today's local paper says illegal aliens "undocumented immigrants" can get an ID card from the Mexican consulate, and that some 40,000 of the cards have been issued to illegal aliens "undocumented immigrants" in Tennessean and some nearby states in recent years. The story also says there would be about 1,000 illegal aliens "undocumented immigrants" lined up to apply for the ID cards today.
The Mexican Consulate in Atlanta is setting up shop in an Antioch high school cafeteria today to distribute an identification card that has been the subject of controversy in Tennessee and nationally.
The so-called ''matricula consular'' cards are sought by undocumented immigrants who have no other legitimate form of identification. More than 1,000 people are expected to stand for five hours in lines today at Glencliff High School to apply for the card.
I'm not going to rehash the debate over whether the ID cards should be legal or not - the story does an okay job of presenting the basics of both sides of the issue.
I just have one question. Because, you know, I pay taxes and I want my government agencies to be effective. So, where is la migre? Why doesn't the INS bring a few chartered buses to these events and take these illegal aliens "undocumented immigrants" back to Mexico? Wouldn't it have been a lot cheaper to round up 1,000 illegal aliens "undocumented immigrants" at this event today, than to do all the undercover work necessary before that raid on Wal-Mart a few weeks back that netted only a few hundred illegal aliens "undocumented immigrants"? I'm, you know, just wondering.
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