Milford Daily News
BOSTON, Massachusetts -- Emboldened by the defeat of a bill to grant illegal immigrants’ kids tuition breaks, some activists and lawmakers are trying to stop immigrants from using foreign ID cards to do banking in state.
Robert Casimiro, executive director of the Massachusetts Coalition for Immigration Reform, said a bill lawmakers will weigh next month is intended to ban illegal immigrants from Mexico from opening bank accounts with a "matricula consular," a card Mexican consulates issue to Mexican nationals living here.
Posted by Richard at February 24, 2006