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      "title": "Implications of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations upon the Regulation of Consular Identification Cards",
      "summary": "Recent controversy regarding the use of consular identification cards (IDs) by aliens within the\nUnited States, in particular Mexico\u2019s matricula consular, has led to calls for legislation to\nregulate\nthe issuance of the cards by foreign missions or their acceptance by U.S. government and private\nentities. This report identifies possible implications that U.S. regulation or monitoring of the\nissuance of these cards by foreign missions might have upon U.S. obligations under the Vienna\nConvention on Consular Relations (VCCR), which protects foreign missions in the exercise of their\nlegitimate consular functions and codifies customary international law with respect to the\ninviolability of consular premises and documents. The REAL ID Act ( P.L. 109-13 , Division B)\nprohibits states, when issuing drivers\u2019 licenses or state ID cards, from accepting for purposes\nof\npersonal identification foreign documents other than valid passports, if such drivers\u2019 licenses\nor ID\ncards are to be accepted for federal purposes. Other recent legislative proposals aimed at restricting\nthe acceptance (but not the issuance) of consular IDs include  H.R. 688 , the SAFER Act,\nintroduced by Representative J. Gresham Barrett on February 9, 2005;  H.R. 815 , the\nFinancial Customer Identification Verification Improvement Act, introduced by Representative Scott\nGarrett on February 15, 2005; and  H.R. 925 , the Identification Integrity Act of 2005,\nintroduced by Representative Elton Gallegly on February 17, 2005.",
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