Posted on 04/06/2016 3:08:25 PM PDT by markomalley
Amid the discord ignited by Donald Trump’s idea to block money transfers to Mexico until it funds a wall it’s important to note that a U.S. government program is largely responsible for the billions in remittances flowing south of the border from illegal immigrants.
The program is called “Directo a Mexico” (Direct to Mexico) and the Federal Reserve, the government agency that serves as the nation’s central bank, launched it nearly a decade ago. Judicial Watch investigated the outrageous taxpayer-subsidized initiative and obtained government records back in 2006. It was created by President George W. Bush following the 2001 U.S.-Mexico Partnership for Prosperity, undermines our nation’s immigration laws and is a potential national security nightmare. The goal was to provide low-cost banking services to illegal immigrants and facilitate the process for those sending money home. Remittances are transferred through the Federal Reserve’s own automated clearinghouse linked directly to Mexico’s central bank (Banco de Mexico).
At the time Federal Reserve officials acknowledged that most of the Mexicans who send money home are illegal immigrants so a Mexican-issued identification is the only requirement to use the government banking service. A colorful brochure promoting “Directo a Mexico” offered to help immigrants who don’t have bank accounts and assured the best foreign exchange rate and low transfer fees. A frequently asked question section posed this: “If I return to Mexico or am deported, will I lose the money in my bank account?” The answer: “No. The money still belongs to you and can easily be accessed at an ATM in Mexico using your debit card.” In short, the U.S. created this special banking system specifically for illegal aliens and tens of billions of dollars have flowed through it, according to figures obtained by JW from Banco de Mexico.
This is worth noting because news coverage of Trump’s plan to fund a wall along the Mexico-U.S. border has omitted this important information, instead focusing on the negative impact to the Mexican economy if remittances are cut. In fact, the mainstream newspaper that first published the Republican presidential candidate’s idea wrote that it “could decimate the Mexican economy.” Another article, published by a national newswire, said “any move to target payments sent home by people living in the United States could have a crushing financial effect in Mexico, the leading recipient of U.S. remittances.” Various other reports have focused on the devastating effects that cutting remittances will have on poor Mexicans that depend on their U.S. relatives to survive.
Under the Republican presidential candidate’s plan, an anti-terrorism law would be used to halt remittances made by illegal aliens unless Mexico makes a payment of $5 billion to $10 billion for a wall along the southern border. President Obama called it a “half-baked” plan that would create turmoil within the Mexican economy and would result in more Mexicans fleeing to the U.S. looking for work, according to a news report. Mexico’s largest newspaper writes this week that Trump has shaken up that country’s government and his hostility towards Mexicans has threatened to make the U.S. a nightmare for all Mexicans, even if the billionaire businessman doesn’t win the presidential election.
Our government is insane.
L
It was created by President George W. Bush following the 2001 U.S.-Mexico Partnership for Prosperity, undermines our nation’s immigration laws and is a potential national security nightmare.
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Thanks, George..............
compliments of Ted & Heidi Cruz... remember, Ted was Bush’s foreign policy advisor ... http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/NorthAmerica_TF_final.pdf
The goal was to provide low-cost banking services to illegal immigrants and facilitate the process for those sending money home.
Wrong, The Goal was to commit INCOME TAX FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING ON A GRAND SCALE!!
And this would not surprise me at all.
No, the people who make up the government are quite sane. They just do not share your position that they should put the benefit of the US Nation ahead of themselves.
A lot of them are also stunningly ignorant, so some of it can be blamed on that, but I assure you a lot of them know exactly what they are doing so far as their own personal lives are concerned.
Sad but true.
Sadly I believe you are correct.
L
So here you have criminals (illegal aliens) invading America, stealing works from U.S. labors and then funding the Mexico economy by the theft!!!
Can it be more INSANE or STUPID than that ???
Can it be more INSANE or STUPID than that ???
Well it depends on which side of the profit making machine you are on. If you are on the money making side, it looks like a pretty sane game.
Talking about ethics done by CRIMINALS nothing else, or shall we call it misplaced GREEDS ???
And people think banning prayer in public schools did no harm. No, the first thing that starts to go in a society is ethics and morals.
Another way they’re stealing our votes.
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