By Madeline Fuerstenberg, Community Reporter
According to Data USA, 4.27 per cent of Eau Claire’s residents in 2017 were born outside of the United States. This adds up to about 2,900 immigrants.
About 145 Mexican-born Eau Claire residents and their families met with staff from the St. Paul Mobile Mexican Consulate at Immanuel Lutheran Church on Saturday (Sept. 28).
There, members of the Mexican immigrant community were able to obtain Mexican ID’s, passports, legal counsel and other information from this traveling branch of the Mexican government.
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