Post by DEERTRACKS on Feb 16, 2007 7:08:18 GMT -5
Bank of America offers credit cards to illegal aliens
Chad Groening
OneNewsNow.com
February 15, 2007
A spokeswoman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) says she immediately cancelled her credit card with Bank of America once she learned the financial giant is now offering credit cards to customers without Social Security cards – that is, typically, to illegal aliens.
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The Wall Street Journal says Bank of America’s decision to offer credit cards to illegal immigrants is the latest sign of the U.S. banking industry's aggressive pursuit of the Hispanic market. But FAIR's Susan Tully feels the move is the latest example of that industry's pandering to Hispanics and says it is “right up there” with offering home loans to illegal aliens.
“Why would you grant credit to someone who could be deported tomorrow, someone who you know has committed a crime in order to be here?” Tully asks. “This isn't any different than Bank of America finding out ways that they could help drug dealers launder money,” she says.
“When I saw this announcement,” the immigration reform advocate recalls, “right along with the rest of America, I did what I could do, which was immediately call and cancel my credit card account that I've had with Bank of America for more than five years.” When she did so, the bank customer service representative asked why, she notes.
“I told her, and she was very upset,” Tully says. “So it was clear to me that they were being inundated, as we spoke, with other people doing with the same thing.”
In fact, the FAIR spokeswoman adds, she has personally heard from plenty of other outraged citizens who had the same reaction to the news. "I've received e-mails, phone calls from family and friends around the country -- people I haven't talked to, honestly, in months -- who have called me in the last 24 hours, all on their own, saying that they have called and they have cancelled their accounts with Bank of America,” she says.
Tully says it is completely irresponsible for Bank of America to start offering credit cards to illegal aliens and other customers without Social Security numbers. After this, she says Americans need to decide if they want to continue to do business with that financial institution, which she believes has already begun to experience a huge backlash from its decision.
Chad Groening
OneNewsNow.com
February 15, 2007
A spokeswoman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) says she immediately cancelled her credit card with Bank of America once she learned the financial giant is now offering credit cards to customers without Social Security cards – that is, typically, to illegal aliens.
Hear This Report
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The Wall Street Journal says Bank of America’s decision to offer credit cards to illegal immigrants is the latest sign of the U.S. banking industry's aggressive pursuit of the Hispanic market. But FAIR's Susan Tully feels the move is the latest example of that industry's pandering to Hispanics and says it is “right up there” with offering home loans to illegal aliens.
“Why would you grant credit to someone who could be deported tomorrow, someone who you know has committed a crime in order to be here?” Tully asks. “This isn't any different than Bank of America finding out ways that they could help drug dealers launder money,” she says.
“When I saw this announcement,” the immigration reform advocate recalls, “right along with the rest of America, I did what I could do, which was immediately call and cancel my credit card account that I've had with Bank of America for more than five years.” When she did so, the bank customer service representative asked why, she notes.
“I told her, and she was very upset,” Tully says. “So it was clear to me that they were being inundated, as we spoke, with other people doing with the same thing.”
In fact, the FAIR spokeswoman adds, she has personally heard from plenty of other outraged citizens who had the same reaction to the news. "I've received e-mails, phone calls from family and friends around the country -- people I haven't talked to, honestly, in months -- who have called me in the last 24 hours, all on their own, saying that they have called and they have cancelled their accounts with Bank of America,” she says.
Tully says it is completely irresponsible for Bank of America to start offering credit cards to illegal aliens and other customers without Social Security numbers. After this, she says Americans need to decide if they want to continue to do business with that financial institution, which she believes has already begun to experience a huge backlash from its decision.
