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Old ID Card Gives New Status to Mexicans in U.S.

Date: August 25, 2003

Author: Rachel L. Swarns

QUOTE:  This summer, Indianapolis and seven other Midwestern cities started accepting an identity card issued by the Mexican government, offering Mexicans who are here illegally a startlingly new sense of legitimacy.

ABSTRACT: Banks, police departments, and others are now letting illegal immigrants use a special ID card issued by the Mexican government to receive services. The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are worried this will lead to misuse and fraud by criminals.

--- John Tillotson

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Article MetaInformation:

Key People:

• Senator Richard "Dick" G. Lugar
• F. James Sensenbrenner Jr.
• Gov. Frank L. O'Bannon

Key Organizations:

• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• New York Times Company
• State Department/Department of State (DOS)
• Treasury Department/Department of the Treasury

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Law & Justice
  • Civil Rights / Equal Protection
    • Privacy: Other
      • Anonymity/Surveillance/Identity Theft/Confidentiality

• Social Sciences & Groups
  • Multi-Cultural/Minority Issues
    • Ethnic Groups
      • Hispanics/Latinos
    • Immigrants/Refugees

• North America
  • Mexico
  • United States of America/USA

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