Durham Council OKs Use of Mexican ID Card
Questions about matricula consular's reliability do not dissuade council
DURHAM (By Kristy Bailey, Carolina Journal Online) — The Durham City Council voted 5-2 in late November to support its police department's use of the controversial Mexican matricula consular ID card, a form of identification issued by the Mexican Consulate but rejected as unreliable by 22 of 32 Mexican states.
No banks in Mexico recognize the card, said Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation and former counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Justice. That's because the Mexican Consulate does not verify applicants’ identities before issuing a matricula consular ID, Spakovsky said.
Durham Mayor Pro Tem Cora Cole-McFadden, Mayor Bill Bell, and council members Diane Catotti, Michael Woodard, and Farad Ali voted for a resolution authorizing the police department to accept the card as a valid form of ID.
DURHAM (By Kristy Bailey, Carolina Journal Online) — The Durham City Council voted 5-2 in late November to support its police department's use of the controversial Mexican matricula consular ID card, a form of identification issued by the Mexican Consulate but rejected as unreliable by 22 of 32 Mexican states.
No banks in Mexico recognize the card, said Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation and former counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Justice. That's because the Mexican Consulate does not verify applicants’ identities before issuing a matricula consular ID, Spakovsky said.
Durham Mayor Pro Tem Cora Cole-McFadden, Mayor Bill Bell, and council members Diane Catotti, Michael Woodard, and Farad Ali voted for a resolution authorizing the police department to accept the card as a valid form of ID.
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