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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING AND THANKING THE MEXICAN CONSULATE IN BOSTON FOR ALL OF

THEIR HARD WORK IN PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED SERVICES TO CITIZENS OF

MEXICO RESIDING IN RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Morales, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Place, Sanchez,
Batista, Felix, Diaz, McEntee, and Shallcross Smith

     Date Introduced: May 11, 2023

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, A consulate is a type of diplomatic mission that is subordinate to a nation’s

main representation in the capital of a foreign country. The head of a Consul is typically termed a

Consul General; and

     WHEREAS, Mexico, America’s neighbor to the south, has 53 consulates across the

United States, with its Boston Consulate being led by the distinguished Consul General Alberto

Fierro-Garza; and

     WHEREAS, Consul General Garza holds a Bachelor’s degree in sociology from the

Universidad Iberoamericana, and served for a period of time as Director of its Social Promotion

Department. He also holds a Master's degree in Latin-American history from Georgetown

University. He began his distinguished diplomatic career in 1993, serving as the head of the

Cultural Institute of the Mexican Embassy in Washington D.C. He has also served as the Consul

General of Mexico in Orlando, Florida, and St. Paul, Minnesota, as the Director General for

Educational and Cultural Cooperation, and as the Deputy Director General for North America;

and

     WHEREAS, Each and every day, the Mexican Consulate serves as a great resource in

assisting countless Mexican citizens living in the United States. Services offered include the

issuance of birth, marriage, and death certificates, administration of the military census, issuing

identity cards, requesting/renewing one’s passport or consular cards and DACA renewals. In

addition, each year, the Mexican Consulate in Boston hosts several mobile clinics in Providence;

now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

honors and thanks the Mexican Consulate in Boston for all of their hard work in providing much

needed services to citizens of Mexico residing in the United States; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Alberto Fierro-Garza, Consul General,

Mexican Consulate in Boston.

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