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U.S. Move to Regulate Mexican Consular ID Cards Draws Fire.

By Michelle Mittelstadt, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 17--WASHINGTON--Mexico's issuance of a consular ID card that is proving popular with Mexicans living in the United States, particularly those here illegally, could face U.S. regulation under a measure endorsed by the House.

The provision affecting Mexico's matricula consular, inserted into the State Department authorization bill approved Wednesday, is drawing fire from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and others who deride it as "anti-Hispanic."

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