The Real Story: $elling Out Our Borders, Part II
Updated February 20, 2007

Our series about selling out our borders continues today with an update on the story about Bank of America providing checking accounts and credit cards to people without social security numbers -- the majority of whom are likely to be illegal immigrants.

Today we get news that a coalition made up of over 100 different organizations has decided to launch a nationwide boycott of the bank. Unfortunately for them, this is the same coalition that drew national attention to Miller Brewing's sponsorship of a demonstration supporting illegal immigrants last year so they shouldn't expect this story to go away anytime soon.

In a completely unrelated story, I checked out the list of Bank of America's directors today and it turns out they appointed a women named Monica Lozano to the Board last year. Now, Ms. Lozano just happens to also chair the National Council of La Raza, which bills itself as, quote, "The Largest Latino Civil Rights and Advocacy Organization in the United States." I'm suuuuuure that her being on the board has absolutely nothing to do with this new marketing plan.

Let me ask you an honest question: who is out there standing up for us on the border anymore? What person or group that can actually make a difference do you look at and say, "THEY GET IT; they'll fix this." The President? Congress? Big business? Please. Every one of them has sold out to something or someone. I hate to say it, but the Real Story is that we are absolutely in this one by ourselves; the only people left to stand up FOR us -- IS us.

So let's start doing what no one else wants us to do; let's start naming some names...Ever heard of Golden State Fence Company in Southern California? Prosecutors say these guys employed over 100 illegal immigrants and, in the irony of all ironies, one of their projects is actually building the 14 mile border fence in San Diego. Illegal immigrants building a fence to keep illegal immigrants out -- you just can't make this stuff up.

Then there is Wal-Mart. In 2005 Wal-Mart paid the largest fine ever -- $11 million dollars -- to stop the government's investigation into their use of illegal immigrants as janitors, some of whom were locked in the store overnight while they cleaned. I guess you can't sell a toothbrush for 97 cents by paying the minimum wage...

Then we have Home Depot, a company whose parking lots are literally "Day Laborer" auction blocks. In at least three California towns, Home Depot caved to pressure and built shelters for them to use while they waited for work. That pressure came from people like Julien Ross, an Immigrant Worker's Rights official, who said that Home Depot should, "create a safe and dignified space adjacent to its store" for the "Day Laborers." I'll make you a deal, I'll support your little shelter if you'll let me check their green cards first. Bet you're not going to accept that offer, are you, Julien?

And finally, there's Mortgage Guarantee Insurance Company, the largest private mortgage insurance company in the country. They now insure mortgages made to people without social security numbers. Why? Because studies say that illegal Latino immigrants would take out $44 billion dollars in loans -- if only they had access to them. Well thanks to Mortgage Guarantee Insurance, now they do.

It's all about bigger markets for their products -- cheaper labor -- and avoiding boycotts. You and I may be in this together, but we're definitely in it alone.

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