And although parents are asked to register their children for kindergarten the spring before school starts, fewer than half do so.
"As people arrive from all over the world, they come to register their children," she said.
People tell you how to register your children for school, where the hospital is and what 911 means.
They can't register their children at schools or use the Mexican health system for fear of detection.
The goal was to encourage parents registering their children for school to also register to vote.
Now every spring parents line up to register their children.
Parents have up until 31 March 2012 to register their children.
The most severe problem is with couples who have not registered their children.
That can mean only one thing: it's time to register your children for summer camp.
But by January 1952, a large number of parents registered their children and the kindergarten was converted to a primary school.