Big Bucks for Mexico!
Nothing like making it easy to ship $16.6 billion out of our economy...
How about just transferring the (illegal) Mexicans themselves back to Mexico...
Not a surprise there.
More banks (including US Bank here in the Twin Cities) are accepting the Matricula Consular (sp?) card issued by Mexican consulates.
It's not a US-issued ID card...but what the hell, right? It's all about profit. Not what's right or wrong.
Corporate America...bless 'em for giving me a decent job.
But curse 'em for not being able to distinguish betyween right and wrong.
That's the final straw...I am closing all my accounts.
I would believe, however, that this new "product" by this humanitarian oriented bank was "suggested" by the IRS......
We could only hope?
Take our money, take our jobs!
Dealing with them was a freaking nightmare. I needed a power of attorney to get the registration for my leased car. It took them 90 days each year. Meanwhile, I am driving around with expired tags. When I told a customer service supervsior that I would start taking 90 days to pay, she hung up on me.
The final year of the lease, I actually had to write my Congressman to get them to get a power of attorney. I never receiveda call or apology.
Glad they can roll out the red carpet for illegals, though. I guess they have set their priorities.
I have been a BofA customer for 9 years. Looks like it's time to look into a different bank. I will no longer be a customer by the end of this week!
BofA is indeed behind the push to use the Matricular Consular ID to be used across the country. Here are some highlights from BofA's congressional testimony in 2002:
"Every single Bank of America banking center recognizes the Matricula as a valid form of identification. We believe that banking services ought to be made available to everyone so that they can manage their money without carrying large sums of cash..."
Now this part makes me feel so much better, seeing as how cooperation from Mexican officials is and always always been so superb (they like us, they really like us!):
"...Because verification requirements are so important when issuing identification documents, we strongly encourage the US and Mexican governments to work together to ensure that the Consulates have the best authentication measures in place..."
"RECAP...By allowing more potential customers to use the Matricula to open new banking accounts, cash checks and subscribe to other banking services such as the remittance product, SafeSend, we believe that we are providing the opportunity for thousands to gain access, many for the first time, to mainstream banking services."
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:gbU4cx-Lr00J:143.231.169.144/pdf/ACF13F.pdf+%22Bank+of+America+Testimony+on+Matricula+Consular%22&hl=en
I want to know how much if any the IRS is taking from these funds transferes. These people are stealing our country blind and then sending their paychecks home.
What a deal. Wake up IRS.
Snippets from my full post here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1472612/posts?page=38#38
- Services, ie but not limited to: public school enrollment, language proficiency programs, and building permits, that cater to illegal aliens have increased in areas that are considered gateways for immigration.
- The top nine states that account for 50% of illegal aliens are: California, Texas, Florida, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina.
- Sole authority to govern immigration flow is placed on the federal government.
- Responsibility for providing support to legal and illegal immigrants rests with the state and local governments.
- Immigrants send home on average $1,400 to $1,500 per year through money transfers (also called Remittances).
- As per the World Bank in 2002, people sent $133 billion worldwide. Developing countries accounted for $88 billion of that.
- Remittances from the United States to Mexico have tripled to $13 billion between 1995 and 2003.
- As per the Pew Hispanic Center, 39% of surveyed Latino immigrants listed themselves as having legal status to opening bank accounts. This enables cash transfers through private money centers such as Western Union and Money Gram.
- HOWEVER, banks including Citibank, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo Bank began accepting matriculas, which are photographed identity cards for Mexicans living in the US.
- Matriculas are obtainable by any legal or illegal Mexican. Matriculas are widely obtainable through Mexican consulates across the USA.
- To date, around 2.5 million matriculas have been issued, and the number is growing.
Mexico, border, immigration ping
By the way, if anyone is interested, this is against the law. My bank will no longer issue cashiers checks, do wire transfers etc. to anyone that is not a client of the Bank. The liability under Home Security is too extreme.
I think the quickest way to stem/halt the flood of illegals is to make it illegal to transfer funds back home and BOA wants to make it easier?!
Sorry I don't bank with them so I could cancel my accounts. Idiots.