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| Ban on wire transfers by illegals proposed |
| 2006-03-06 |
| EFL A Republican candidate for a vacated congressional seat in southern California is proposing a ban on wire transfers by illegal aliens from the U.S. to Mexico. The plan "will remove a major incentive for illegal immigration and increase national security," said Howard Kaloogian, a well-known California activist who launched the effort to recall Gov. Gray Davis. "[T]he Mexican government is making billions of dollars every year from illegal aliens who enter the U.S. illegally and then wire that money back to their families in Mexico," Kaloogian said Saturday at a news conference at the border. The economy, he contended, bears the cost of illegal aliens, who pay no taxes but receive taxpayer-funded services. "It's absurd that we continue to allow those who have broken the law by entering this nation illegally to then enjoy the benefit of collecting wages illegally and then sending those funds to a foreign nation," Kaloogian said. The proposal, if adopted by Congress, would require anyone wiring money to Mexico to provide identification to financial institutions or wire-transfer operators to prove citizenship. An estimated $15 to $20 billion is moved annually from the U.S. to Mexico through private-party wire transfers. Kaloogian said past legislative proposals involving transfers by illegal aliens merely have imposed an extra fee. The new proposal, he argued, "will establish leverage with foreign leaders such as Mexico's Vicente Fox who has sent a wink and a nod to their citizens to enter the United States illegally, collect wages that add up to 10 times those paid in Mexico and then send those funds back to Mexico." Claudia Garcia de Spencer, spokeswoman for the San Diego chapter of the Minutemen volunteer border patrol, spoke at the news conference in support of the proposal. "Four and a half years after 9-11, our federal and state officials still refuse to confront threats allowing our borders to be breached thousands of times each day by foreigners," she said. "As a new citizen who followed the procedures and obeyed the rules, this (illegal immigration) is a shocking affront to me and is a slap in the face to all loyal Americans." |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #8 they're a statement, inserting calcium into the '08 presidential GOP backbone. I see WOT and immigration controls as winners... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-03-06 22:08 |
| #7 Highly unlikely that these prohibitions or taxes on wire transfers will stand. They are smack dab in the middle of the interstate commerce clause, which also applies to international xfers. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-03-06 21:48 |
| #6 As Winston once said about Vincente: "He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." > |
| Posted by: Inspector Clueso 2006-03-06 21:46 |
| #5 Great idea. Do it, now. The sooner Mexico has a clean government, the better off North America will be. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-03-06 21:27 |
| #4 Pappy - make that proof of citizenship or legal residence. There are a lot of legal, law-abiding people we *want* here. Other then that this is a damn good idea. Oh and deny admission to public schools and non-critical medical treatment as well. Seriously! And (see... you went got me started now!) deny citizenship to newborns if one parent is not a legal resident immigrant (i.e. classified as an immigrant by the BCIS/INS) or U.S. Citizen. This also means no automatic citizenship for children of people here on a non-immigrant visas. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-03-06 21:03 |
| #3 these same illegals claim poverty when admitted for primary care at the local emergency ward...why? But of course, the money's been sent back home. You can't have it both ways, dammit. Sr. Fox can chupame |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-03-06 20:53 |
| #2 The proposal, if adopted by Congress, would require anyone wiring money to Mexico to provide identification to financial institutions or wire-transfer operators to prove citizenship. I forsee a bigger market for forged documents. Better yet - impose a transfer fee, say, 20%? Apply it to border security. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-03-06 20:20 |
| #1 That will piss senor Fox off. Money wired to Mexico is now the leading GDP industry there. Mexico's economy would crumble without the money being sent from home and senor Fox would be seeing a major uprising at home. hehehe... DO IT! |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2006-03-06 20:00 |