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"The Mexican Consulate and LaCasa of Goshen [Indiana] will be assisting Mexican citizens residing locally to obtain identification cards, and Fifth Third Bank will be on hand to explain the benefits and safety of the American banking system," announced the Goshen News for August 23. "The Consulate General of Mexico's mobile office will be in Goshen Wednesday through Saturday to issue Mexican passports, Matricula Consular identification cards [issued by the Mexican government for Mexican nationals living in other countries] and military service cards."

Officials from the bank would also help local illegal aliens--whom they call "Mexican citizens residing locally"--to "open accounts with the Matricula Consular card as a primary form of identification." That card, it should be noted, is a non-secure document issued by the Mexican government without regard to the recipient's immigration status.

The Mexican government uses the Matricula card as a way of "legalizing" its nationals who are in our country illegally. ...

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