Mexican Consulate on Wheels renews passports, ID cards – Lakewood, New Jersey From: app.com

Like her, many Mexican nationals have found traveling to the consulates in New York and Philadelphia too costly and time-consuming, especially for the hundreds of laborers in Lakewood whose daily wages depend on their steady presence on the Clifton Avenue street corners. An appointment with the New York consulate can take about six to eight months to make. And transportation to Philadelphia’s consulate can cost as much as $200 on top of the application fee.

Because of these obstacles, on Tuesday, the consulate came to people in Lakewood. Hearing of its arrival through Spanish-language newspapers and Hispanic advocacy groups, several Mexicans camped out the night before, awaking in the morning to be the first in what would be a line of several hundred at St. Anthony Claret church.”*

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