More than 24,000 Mexicans live in Western North Carolina, according to the Consulate General of Mexico's Raleigh, N.C., office. Nearly 9,000 of them live in Buncombe County, and about 8,500 in Henderson County. For the past three years, the Consulate has brought its office to Asheville so that these legal immigrants can get help with a variety of needs.
“Without the proper identification, people who have immigrated to this country from Mexico cannot even get a library card, let alone utilities or a bank account,” says Carolina McCready, co-director of the nonprofit El Centro of Henderson County. To overcome such barriers and help meet vital identification needs in the local Mexican community, El Centro is hosting a visit from the Mexican Consulate on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. at the WNC AG Center in the Expo Building.
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my son whlie on his third tour in afghanistan and two tours in iraq.his daughter my granddaughter had seven mexican kids in her first grade class in leisester rite by asheville now how much attention from the teacher did she get?is this fair i dont think so and the yankees who have moved to these moutains would rather hire mexicans to mow there yards etc than native folks i guess its cause they will take all that yankee crap and we wontby the way brock this robot letters are hard for a legally blind man to desighfer your friend truckwilkins
ReplyDeleteThanks and sorry man.
DeleteBrock- how about the fact that the Mexican Consulate will do fake papers to keep them in the country. They do it here in Texas - haven't heard about it being done in the past couple of years but it is done routinely.
ReplyDelete& the PTB accept the card.
DeleteWe have many thousands of Hispanics here (south of you) and they are changing the culture. One town 45 miles from is essentially Mexican. The language spoken there is Spanish, the signs are in Spanish, and the whole place is jammed with Tijuana Taxis hauling people to the Walmart. As long as the Southern borders are porous and the Democrats want to enhance their voter base, nothing can be done about.
ReplyDeleteMy great grandfather was in Company B of the 54th Ga, wounded at Kennesaw and ended the war in a hospital in North Carolina.
My great grandfather was in Company B of the 54th Ga, wounded at Kennesaw and ended the war in a hospital in North Carolina.
DeleteI am sure you are most proud, as you should be.