[Larry Lucido]

Um...okay.

[Steely Tom]

Mortgage Prospects Dim For Illegal Immigrants

What a horrid country we live in.

Why anyone would want to live here, I can't imagine.

[2banana]

Jose Luis Hernandez rose from vegetable chopper to sous chef at an exclusive New York restaurant -- and saved $100,000 along the way. Recently, the illegal immigrant from Mexico contacted real-estate agents in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he currently rents an apartment.

Wonder what his cost to the taxpayer was...

[television is just wrong]

uh, yeah

try going to mexico or any other country and buy houses as an illegal alien.

[BGHater]

“unfortunately, if you don’t have a Social Security number, you cannot buy property.”

Sounds like a plan.

Btw, illegal, check with Bank of America. They might hook you up.

[ExSES]

Mortgage Prospects Dim for Illegal Immigrants

It's about time!

[Two Kids' Dad]

Mortgage prospects should be zero for illegal aliens!

[pillut48]

GOOD!!!!!!!

If he's made that much money, he needs to head down to the local immigration office and

OBEY AMERICAN LAWS

and apply for citizenship!!! It doesn't cost $100K, he'd still have money AND a SSN AND then he could legally buy a house!!! [shaking head at absurdity of it all]

[onlylewis]

Was he able to save that $100,000 because he was not paying taxes?

[cripplecreek]

The Internal Revenue Service doesn't give Social Security numbers to illegal immigrants; it issues ITINs, which enable them to open bank accounts and report their income to the government for tax purposes.

Yet we can't find them to deport them.

[Hildy]

My stepson and his family are moving in with his Grandmother because his construction work has slowed down so much he cannot even afford an apartment. And I’m suppoesd to feel sorry about this?

[hershey]

Not to worry, Dems will change all that if they get control of the WH.

[Maceman]

Que Lastima.

[Huntress]

Jose Luis Hernandez rose from vegetable chopper to sous chef at an exclusive New York restaurant -- and saved $100,000 along the way. Recently, the illegal immigrant from Mexico contacted real-estate agents in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he currently rents an apartment.

He needs to quit whining and spend some of his money on good immigration lawyer to get himself legal. Once he does that, then he look into buying a home.

[fso301]

Apparently, you don't need to be a citizen to get a mortgage

Foreign National Mortgage

[Right Wing Assault]

Go back across the border and you can probably buy a good chunk of Mexico for $100k. Take some illegal friends with you, too.

[Red in Blue PA]

Mortgage Prospects should be good for people who are here illegally???? What is their point?

[Lazamataz]

This is more evidence of the rapid leftward slide of the Wall Street Journal.

They used to be a bastion of conservative thought. They have been bought and ruined by Rupurt Murdoch.

[nclaurel]

I can’t believe that an illegal would complain about not being able to function as a legal citizen. If you want rights and the ability to live like an American, take the money after taxes, go home and apply to come here legally. This is what being so PC has led to... complaints like this and illegals marching in the street with no fear of being deported!

[Dustbunny]

He says he was told that, "unfortunately, if you don't have a Social Security number, you cannot buy property."

How long has this guy been here?

How was he able to hold down a job without having a Social Security Number?

How much money does he owe in back FICA that was obviously not deducted from his pay checks?