Bank of America launches credit card for illegal immigrants

[chuckandkim 0]

Thought we can't get anywhere these days with the legal immigrant VJers who try to prepare their new life in America. Really make you think why you ididn't bring your wife/husband here illegally.

Read on: USA Today

WSJ

Fox News

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

My wife asked me why it was so hard for her to get here. The illegals are most to blame. grrrrr

[pedroh 21]

u can get one.. get an ITIN.. that's all you need.. those articles are so biased.. telling people Jose Illegal can go to BoA with a bag full of 'illegal cash' and just cuz get a credit card.. nope.. those aren't all te facts..

"The banks instead allow the immigrants to establish accounts by using individual taxpayer identification numbers, or ITINs, issued by the Internal Revenue Service. They also may accept an identification card issued by Mexican consulates, known as the matricula consular....

"Bank of America complies fully with all banking and antiterrorism laws governing customer identification, which permit the use of ITINs, spokeswoman Trower said. ..."

so.. stop the BS'ing pliz..

[peejay 327]

u can get one.. get an ITIN.. that's all you need.. those articles are so biased.. telling people Jose Illegal can go to BoA with a bag full of 'illegal cash' and just cuz get a credit card.. nope.. those aren't all te facts..

"The banks instead allow the immigrants to establish accounts by using individual taxpayer identification numbers, or ITINs, issued by the Internal Revenue Service. They also may accept an identification card issued by Mexican consulates, known as the matricula consular....

"Bank of America complies fully with all banking and antiterrorism laws governing customer identification, which permit the use of ITINs, spokeswoman Trower said. ..."

so.. stop the BS'ing pliz..

They all stress how they comply with the loopholes in the law.

Yea, and so did Swift when they hired all those illegal aliens that got arrested.

The fact is that these corporate scumbags know just exactly what they are doing and who they are doing it with. And just because they can do it...doesn't mean they should do it.

The laws need to be changed and the loopholes eliminated. Until then boycott BoA and all the other corporate scumbags that hire and cater to illegal aliens to make a sleazy $$$. They are corporate whores that sleep with anybody for a corrupt $$$. They won't get my hard earned money.

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

u can get one.. get an ITIN.. that's all you need.. those articles are so biased.. telling people Jose Illegal can go to BoA with a bag full of 'illegal cash' and just cuz get a credit card.. nope.. those aren't all te facts..

"The banks instead allow the immigrants to establish accounts by using individual taxpayer identification numbers, or ITINs, issued by the Internal Revenue Service. They also may accept an identification card issued by Mexican consulates, known as the matricula consular....

"Bank of America complies fully with all banking and antiterrorism laws governing customer identification, which permit the use of ITINs, spokeswoman Trower said. ..."

so.. stop the BS'ing pliz..

and just what makes anyone think these itins used for id match the ones using them?

[peejay 327]

u can get one.. get an ITIN.. that's all you need.. those articles are so biased.. telling people Jose Illegal can go to BoA with a bag full of 'illegal cash' and just cuz get a credit card.. nope.. those aren't all te facts..

"The banks instead allow the immigrants to establish accounts by using individual taxpayer identification numbers, or ITINs, issued by the Internal Revenue Service. They also may accept an identification card issued by Mexican consulates, known as the matricula consular....

"Bank of America complies fully with all banking and antiterrorism laws governing customer identification, which permit the use of ITINs, spokeswoman Trower said. ..."

so.. stop the BS'ing pliz..

and just what makes anyone think these itins used for id match the ones using them?

Do you really think those slimeballs at BoA care as long as it makes them a sleazy buck?

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

u can get one.. get an ITIN.. that's all you need.. those articles are so biased.. telling people Jose Illegal can go to BoA with a bag full of 'illegal cash' and just cuz get a credit card.. nope.. those aren't all te facts..

"The banks instead allow the immigrants to establish accounts by using individual taxpayer identification numbers, or ITINs, issued by the Internal Revenue Service. They also may accept an identification card issued by Mexican consulates, known as the matricula consular....

"Bank of America complies fully with all banking and antiterrorism laws governing customer identification, which permit the use of ITINs, spokeswoman Trower said. ..."

so.. stop the BS'ing pliz..

and just what makes anyone think these itins used for id match the ones using them?

Do you really think those slimeballs at BoA care as long as it makes them a sleazy buck?

[pedroh 21]

no teller is authorized to check the itin # is the 'original'... when someone comes into the store to get a cellphone, they give us a SS# card and an ID.. or just the ID and tell us the SS#.. sometimes the card looks plain printed in an old inkjet printer.. but we are not authorized to say 'oh heck no, ur card is fake'..

i know a cellphone ain't the same as a credit card.. but I also don't think that ALL the illegals have all fake documents, I know a few that indeed are illegal, but have their ITIN with the real information (cuz they show ITIN and a mexican driver's license as an ID).. so stop the generalizations, or y'all have numbers to prove illegals have fake itins too? they aren't hard to get.. actually.. so gettin a fake ITIN would be harder than getting a real one.. and getting a consular id isnt a big deal either..

i think the corporations shouldn't be blamed for what the govt aint doing.. there's already enough big-brotherism for everybody.. not only for illegals..

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

no teller is authorized to check the itin # is the 'original'... when someone comes into the store to get a cellphone, they give us a SS# card and an ID.. or just the ID and tell us the SS#.. sometimes the card looks plain printed in an old inkjet printer.. but we are not authorized to say 'oh heck no, ur card is fake'..

i know a cellphone ain't the same as a credit card.. but I also don't think that ALL the illegals have all fake documents, I know a few that indeed are illegal, but have their ITIN with the real information (cuz they show ITIN and a mexican driver's license as an ID).. so stop the generalizations, or y'all have numbers to prove illegals have fake itins too? they aren't hard to get.. actually.. so gettin a fake ITIN would be harder than getting a real one.. and getting a consular id isnt a big deal either..

i think the corporations shouldn't be blamed for what the govt aint doing.. there's already enough big-brotherism for everybody.. not only for illegals..

pedroh, you just admitted that there is no way to check whether an itin is valid or stolen. then you wish for us to believe that many illegals don't have fake documents. oh please

[mawilson 2,133]

I was legal and had a perfectly good Social Security number, yet was denied a *secured*

credit card by Bank of America because - get this - I didn't have any credit history!

Well DUH - that's why I applied for a SECURED card! Idiots!

[chuckandkim 0]

one of the reason the CEO of BOA gave to excuse his corp practice is: by pulling in all the illegal immigrants' money/cash via these credit cards, he actually helps the Government to fight terrorists who try to fund its activity. Flat out #######! I want those so call illegal immigrants to go home and get in line like my wife did, apply and come back if they are qualified. OR else... I do not support giving illegal immigrant ANY benefits which only legal immigrant and USC are entitled to them.

This makes my blood boiled, my wife and I had to run around town trying to PROVE that we were married, and we were in fact LEGALLY allowed to have a joined BANK ACCOUNT from a Bank which I was a member for 15 years. That was last year! You know what guys/gals, just walk up to BOA and say: give me a credit card or else I will scream: discrimination and get lawyers involve and sue your corp for millions of dollar.

ILLEGAL vs. LEGAL immigrants: the battle has began!!!! Take your side and get your money where your mouth is!!! especially those who have BOA account. I'm gonna cancel my account with BOA tomorrow. No more BOA in my wallet for sure.

[Peter T 0]

test only

[pedroh 21]

no teller is authorized to check the itin # is the 'original'... when someone comes into the store to get a cellphone, they give us a SS# card and an ID.. or just the ID and tell us the SS#.. sometimes the card looks plain printed in an old inkjet printer.. but we are not authorized to say 'oh heck no, ur card is fake'..

i know a cellphone ain't the same as a credit card.. but I also don't think that ALL the illegals have all fake documents, I know a few that indeed are illegal, but have their ITIN with the real information (cuz they show ITIN and a mexican driver's license as an ID).. so stop the generalizations, or y'all have numbers to prove illegals have fake itins too? they aren't hard to get.. actually.. so gettin a fake ITIN would be harder than getting a real one.. and getting a consular id isnt a big deal either..

i think the corporations shouldn't be blamed for what the govt aint doing.. there's already enough big-brotherism for everybody.. not only for illegals..

pedroh, you just admitted that there is no way to check whether an itin is valid or stolen. then you wish for us to believe that many illegals don't have fake documents. oh please

i don't deny that fact.. but not that ALL the illegal immigrants have ALL fake documents.. and I was saying again.. getting a fake ITIN is way harder than getting a straight one, I don't see the point of getting a fake one, if for the regular ITIN u just need a paystub or a mexican drivers license and an electricity bill or something like that..

and I wouldn't get that 'illegals credit card' the interest is way too high, and u have to leave a non-returnable deposit.. no way..

Edited February 23, 2007 by pedroh

[Marc and Olga 0]

no teller is authorized to check the itin # is the 'original'... when someone comes into the store to get a cellphone, they give us a SS# card and an ID.. or just the ID and tell us the SS#.. sometimes the card looks plain printed in an old inkjet printer.. but we are not authorized to say 'oh heck no, ur card is fake'..

i know a cellphone ain't the same as a credit card.. but I also don't think that ALL the illegals have all fake documents, I know a few that indeed are illegal, but have their ITIN with the real information (cuz they show ITIN and a mexican driver's license as an ID).. so stop the generalizations, or y'all have numbers to prove illegals have fake itins too? they aren't hard to get.. actually.. so gettin a fake ITIN would be harder than getting a real one.. and getting a consular id isnt a big deal either..

i think the corporations shouldn't be blamed for what the govt aint doing.. there's already enough big-brotherism for everybody.. not only for illegals..

pedroh, you just admitted that there is no way to check whether an itin is valid or stolen. then you wish for us to believe that many illegals don't have fake documents. oh please

i don't deny that fact.. but not that ALL the illegal immigrants have ALL fake documents.. and I was saying again.. getting a fake ITIN is way harder than getting a straight one, I don't see the point of getting a fake one, if for the regular ITIN u just need a paystub or a mexican drivers license and an electricity bill or something like that..

and I wouldn't get that 'illegals credit card' the interest is way too high, and u have to leave a non-returnable deposit.. no way..

Has anyone seen what an ITIN is or what they are for?

They seem really FISHY to me in general... More importantly I believe the banks should be hunted that are ALLOWING them to be "used as identification" because of this here

Are ITINs valid for identification?

No. ITINs are not valid identification outside the tax system. Since ITINs are strictly for tax processing, IRS does not apply the same standards as agencies that provide genuine identity certification.

ITIN applicants are not required to apply in person, and IRS does not further validate the authenticity of identity documents. ITINs do not prove identity outside the tax system, and should not be offered or accepted as identification for non-tax purposes.

(emphasis added)

But hey that is just me, I would like the see the FDIC go after Banks such as BofA for this! =O

[Marc and Olga 0]

I would also like to add that many people on the USA Today website are all Cank of AMERICA well NEWS FLASH Bank of America wasn't always Bank of AMERICA...any San Franciscans here? You may know the story of The Bank of Italy?