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 We're continuing
our "selling out our border" series today with an update on
Bank of America's pilot program offering credit cards to
people who just happen to be lacking social security
numbers. I've promised you all week that I wouldn't stop
talking about this story until Bank of America responded to
the fact that this program caters to illegal
immigrants...and now, they have.
In today's Wall
Street Journal, Bank of America CEO Kenneth D. Lewis says
there's been a "harsh reaction" to their program and they
are, "feeling the passion that surrounds America's
unresolved immigration debate." Oh Kenneth, you have
absolutely no idea.
I'd love to
dissect every line of his unbelievably arrogant response for
you but I only have an hour, so let me sum it up. He starts
by saying that the program isn't meant for illegals at all.
Illegals? From Mexico?! What? But, a few paragraphs later,
he drops the bombshell, "...reports have stated that in some
cases illegal immigrants are able to sign up for the bank's
products and services. These reports........are true."
Well isn't that
refreshingly honest! He goes on to say that the US Patriot
Act allows them to accept official foreign government ID's
and they can't help that some illegal immigrants may use
them as well.
But the Real Story
is that Kenneth D. Lewis is absolutely lying to you. He's
trying to claim that his little bank -- a bank with just $21
billion dollars in profit last year -- can't distinguish the
legal from the illegal applicants because our government
allows them to accept a Mexican Consular ID. Well I'm no
billion dollar bank CEO, but I am a thinker. There's a
little form called an I-9 and every U.S. worker has to fill
it out because it proves that you're legally in this
country.
So, Kenneth D.
Lewis -- why not simply require one more document in
addition to the foreign ID card -- like a reentry permit, an
alien registration receipt, or an employment authorization
document.
I'll tell you
exactly why....because that would stop illegal immigrants
from opening accounts; that would tick off other Latino
customers; and, most importantly, that might hurt their
profits and prevent Kenneth *D* Lewis from taking home
another $22 million in compensation this year.
Bank of America
says they don't market this program to illegal immigrants
but maybe Kenneth D. Lewis can explain to me why the pilot
program is taking place in LOS ANGELES!?! That's like
selling coca plants in Columbia and claiming that drug lords
aren't your intended customer.
Do you take us all
for idiots?
Bank of America
ended their response by announcing that their pilot program
--drum roll please-- will continue. Why? Well Kenneth D.
Lewis himself said it best, "...we hope (they) will become
loyal Bank of America customers in the future as their
financial needs grow."
Once again, it's
absolutely clear: Money trumps everything. Well guess what,
we're worth more than the almighty dollar so I've got an
announcement of my own: I will not let this go. Bank of
America, you may have the right to keep making money off
illegal immigrants, but I have the responsibility to keep
exposing you for it.
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