[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 9, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H4303]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      PARADISE ISLAND FOR ILLEGALS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Sara Carter, at the Washington 
Examiner, reports the Mexican Government is opening up a satellite 
consular office on Catalina Island in California. It will be housed at 
the island's country club. Catalina Bay is a postcard picture of the 
lifestyles of the rich and famous, but the island has a long history of 
drug smuggling and human trafficking.
  The consular's office is not there to help people come to the U.S. 
legally. Instead, the Mexican Government is giving out I.D. cards, 
called matricula cards, to illegals. These cards are used by illegals 
in the United States to get credit, to open bank accounts and--get 
this--to receive federally funded housing on the island.
  The Mexican Government is an accomplice to the unlawful entry by 
these illegals. As further evidence of the willful arrogance of Mexico 
to violate and to ignore U.S. immigration laws, ICE officers said 
Mexican officials asked them to temporarily halt the enforcement of 
U.S. immigration laws on the island.
  Isn't that special? Meanwhile, the invasion continues.
  And that's just the way it is.

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