Literanista
March 5, 2010
In fact, it was reported by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security that Puerto Rican birth certificates have been used in about 40 percent of passport fraud incidents it has recently investigated. Not 40 percent of all U.S. identity fraud cases.
And while it is true that there is a problem involving the use of Puerto Rican birth certificates, this hardly constitutes a threat large enough to invalidate the identity proof of an entire island of 4 million U.S. citizens. Plus, the minimum cost of $5 per birth certificate imposed by the government comes off as a desperate move to raise money for an economy racked by high unemployment and recession.
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This may be of interest to you and your reader. I posted this same article on my blog after Ed emailed me. Interestingly enough on the same day I received an email rebuttal from the Puerto Rico Secretary of State, Kenneth McClintock. Ed responded back..you can read McClintock's rebuttal … tinyurl.com/yg9c2ne