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The following letter was presented to Mayor Will Toor and City Council of Boulder, Colorado at the November 19, 2002 City Council meeting. (The letter was delivered by an independent group of concerned citizens in Boulder, not directly associated with CAIR) November 19, 2002 The Honorable Will Toor, Mayor & City Council City of Boulder, City Hall, Boulder, Colorado Dear Mayor Toor and City Council: This letter serves to inform you that we Citizens who live in Boulder County believe that if you, and/or other Boulder governmental officials, employees or entities, accept as valid, legitimate identification the Mexican government's "matricula consular" identification card for Mexican nationals -- including illegal aliens -- in the United States, you may be violating federal law, including certain criminal statutes. Your actions may possibly put you, and elected and appointed officials, and public servants, in legal jeopardy both personally and professionally. If you pursue this course of action, we believe you may be violating certain provisions of the United States Code, infringing upon federal authority to set immigration and foreign policy. Accordingly, if you order that the Mexican ID card be accepted as valid identification by Boulder governmental entities and public servants, or if any of these governmental entities or public servants choose to accept this card as valid ID, we intend to file complaints within 30 days with the appropriate authorities, including the U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Beyond these legal considerations, we believe that if you and/or members of the City Council order, or if Boulder governmental entities, employees, elected/appointed officials and related agencies opt to accept a foreign government's documents as legal and valid identification, such actions would be reckless and arbitrary -- and likely to endanger the health, safety and welfare of U.S. nationals in Boulder. We therefore ask that you consider your decision very carefully before taking any such action. Respectfully, (5 Boulder residents signed the letter) cc: Michael M. Comfort, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service John W. Suthers, U.S. Attorney, District of Colorado Thomas Eldridge, Deputy Mayor, City of Boulder Boulder City Council - Dan Corsin, Spence Havlick, Don Mock, Lisa Morzel, Francoise Poinsatte, Gordon Riggle, Mark Ruzzin U.S. Senator Wayne Allard U.S. Senator Ben Campbell U.S Congressman Mark Udall U.S. Congressman Tom Tancredo Boulder City Attorney, Joseph de Raifmef Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner Boulder County Commissioners - Jana Mendez, Paul Danish, Ron Stewart Boulder Sheriff Joe Pelle CO Sen. Joan Fitz-Gerald CO Sen. Terry Phillips CO Sen. Ron Tupa CO Rep. Alice Madden CO Rep. Tom Plant CO Pam Rhodes CO Rep. Pam Rhodes CO Paul Weisman CO Rep. Bill Swenson Richard D. Lamm Gov. Bill Owens Various others Matricula consular ID card Home |