[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 156 (Tuesday, October 16, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H11553-H11554]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              IMMIGRATION

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, what I'm hearing from my constituents 
is they are still very concerned about our national security, about 
border security, about the security on their streets and in their 
communities. That's why I would like to raise one issue with the House 
this morning.
  For the second time in the last several months, a mobile foreign 
consulate has traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, on the western edge of my 
district, to issue government IDs and passports, the latest courtesy of 
the Guatemalan Government.

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  Now, many illegal immigrants in this country are using these 
matricula consular cards to access American financial markets. And some 
American financial institutions are offering illegal immigrants credit 
cards and access to our financial services and financial markets based 
on the issuance of these cards. Only reason you need one, you're in the 
country illegally.
  I've even had an industry representative tell me that they think they 
should be able to ``bank illegal immigrants.''
  Madam Speaker, that's why I've introduced H.R. 1314, the Photo ID 
Security Act, to close this loophole that allows illegal immigrants 
access to these services.
  I encourage all to join me in sponsorship of this bill.

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