President Hugo Chávez' Government is issuing identity documents Islamic extremists may use to enter the United States, according to a report disclosed Wednesday by a committee of the United States House of Representatives, Mexican newspaper Vanguardia quoted on its website.

The Venezuelan authorities "have issued thousands of identity cards -which are equivalent to Social Security cards- to people from places such as Cuba, Colombia, the Middle East, where foreign terrorist groups are based," said the report, as quoted by Notimex.

The Committee on Homeland Security of the Lower House submitted a comprehensive paper quoting US Government officials. The document notices the conclusions on crime and violence activities on the south border between the United States and Mexico. The report claims that the documents Venezuela has issued "to people who should not obtain them" can be used to apply for Venezuelan passports "and evnn US visas that could allow the holder to avoid inmigration inspections."

The paper quoted as an example the recent detention on the US-Mexico south border of a number of  Pakistani citizens bearing false Venezuelan identity documents. The report also mentioned the statements of one George W. Bush administration official to The Washington Times that President Chávez has talked both to Iran and the Hamas government.