| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | September 2009 
Mexico Offers Amnesty to Americans Living Abroad
 Angela Kocherga - KVUE News
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September 16, 2009
| | The US embassy estimates more than one million Americans are living south of the border, so Mexico has decided amnesty is the best solution. KVUE's Angela Kocherga reports. | |
Immigration reform and what to do about illegal immigration is a hot button issue right now, but it's not just the US trying to come up with a solution.
The US embassy estimates more than one million Americans are living south of the border, so Mexico has decided amnesty is the best solution.
Some come for the culture, others for the cost. From Mexican border towns to beaches, more and more Americans make their homes in Mexico. Some entered the country with tourist visas and simply overstayed.
That means they're illegal immigrants. Currently, the Mexican government is offering them the chance to come forward and fix their status without facing a penalty.
The Mexican consulate in El Paso has a pilot program to correct an old problem on the border - fake birth certificates.
Some Mexican parents of US-born children used fake Mexican birth certificates so their children could live and attend school in Mexico, too. The pilot program includes free legal services.
"That means the people can do it without any kind of fear, any kind of problem and they will be able to correct the situation," said Roberto Rodriguez Hernandez, Mexican consul general, El Paso.
Why do it now? Computerized records make it harder to hide the truth. And the Mexican government wants to get a better handle on it's own immigration problems.
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