In her closing statements opposing House Bill 33 (Consular Documents Not Acceptable as ID) Rep. Deborah Ross, (D-Wake) said “Language means a lot to me. Anybody who is from Mexico or Honduras or all of these different things – they are also Americans. They might be South Americans or Central Americans or whatever. But, if we are going to throw around the word American and then discriminate against other Americans I would appreciate it if people would say North Americans because we have a lot of different countries in the AMERICAS.”
Here is a NC Renegade video of Ms. Ross’ comments:
The members of House Judiciary Subcommittee A heard from supporters and the opposition to House Bill 33. According to the bill summary, “the matricula consular and other similar consulate or embassy documents are not acceptable for the purpose of establishing identity or residence for governmental and law enforcement purposes.”
Carlos Flores Vizcarra, the Mexican Consul General for the Carolinas, addressed the committee to oppose the legislation and explained that the matricula consular is issued only to Mexicans living abroad to identify them as Mexican citizens. He described the process by which a Mexican citizen obtained the card and said that the “applicant” would need three original documents to prove the person’s identity and residency. He explained that the cards were good for five years and cost $27.
James Johnson of NC FIRE and Ron Woodard of NC LISTEN spoke in favor of the bill. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Woodard stated that only Mexicans in the United States illegally would need a matricula consular since those here legally already have documentation that identifies them. Mr. Johnson described a mobile operation organized by the Mexican Consulate to distribute matricula consular that distributed the IDs without verifying the supporting documents and then provided voter registration applications to the participants as they left.
An amendment to the bill allowing the use of the matricula consular for proof of residency to obtain car insurance was defeated and the Committee voted in favor of HB 33 in a party-line vote of 7 Republicans to 4 Democrats. The bill will now go to the full House for debate and vote.
Jeremy Valparaiso says
Would you mind clarifying the voter registration? Did Johnson claim that the consulate was helping immigrants vote in US elections, or are you just leaving it as a vague implication?
SDFin says
What’s this chick been smoking? Illegal is illegal. They need to go home & everyone who supports or employs them needs to go with them. We’re tired of paying for them & their millions of kids in our school systems, crime, graffiti, social services, etc in TX. They are NOT Americans – they are citizens of whatever country they were born in.
And no big surprise that someone w/ a Hispanic name supports illegals coming here, esp since their plan is to “take their country back”.
Steve says
People like her need to be kicked out of our government before Mexico has totally taken over our country (their plan). Illegals don’t deserve anything here considering they didn’t respect our country enough to come here thru legal channels. Would you trust someone who jumped the fence around your property? Would you let them have free reign of your yard? house? Would you expect to have to pay for their kids’ education? meals? medical bills? She & her illegal-loving cronies need to go.