June 26, 2004
Can Banks Profiteer From Illegal Immigration with
Impunity?
An
Open Letter From
D. A. King
[Recently
by D.A. King:
Marching Through Arizona: A Georgian On The Border]
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
Customer assistance group
1301 McKinney St.
Suite 3450
Houston, Tx. 77010
U.S.A.
Phone 800 613 6743
Customer.assistance@OCC.TREAS.GOV
To whom it may concern:
As instructed by your office, I
write to file a complaint against EL BANCO DE NUESTRA
COMUNIDAD [“The Bank of Our Community”] a
“bank” that is openly profiting from the act of
aiding,
assisting and encouraging illegal aliens in the
Atlanta area. [One of many.] Please see USC
section 8, 1324.
The above bank is involved with a
scheme to accept a
Mexican voting ID, as well as the
Matricula Consular ID, as
valid source documents to then file for an
Individual Taxpayer Identification Number [ITIN] for the
obvious illegal alien. Upon aiding the applicant to
receive that document, BANCO DE NUESTRA COMUNIDAD then
uses that ITIN as valid ID to open a bank account,
obtain a credit card, and originate a
loan, including a
mortgage loan, for that illegal alien.
This is not only encouraging and
assisting, but indirectly providing shelter to, the
illegal alien, and just as importantly, is also in
direct violation of the IRS guidelines, which
clearly dictate that ITIN is not to be used as valid
ID, and is for tax-filing purposes only. The
ITIN is obtained through the mail, and is not a
secure document.
I am curious to know whether this
bank also employs illegal aliens in addition to the
above criminal action.
A short read through the recent
Atlanta Journal Constitution article “The
bank with the non-bank feel,” (By Aixa M.
Pascual [Cached
version] June 3, 2004, Business section) will show
you the quotes from the owner-operator himself, a Mr.
Drew Edwards.
It would seem that Mr. Edwards is
so confident that we do not apply our laws to illegal
aliens or those who assist them that he has no fear of
being
quoted in the local press.
I will pursue this matter to a
lawful conclusion. I hope and trust that your office
will treat this as seriously as it would any other
potential violation of our banking and Homeland Security
laws. While his offices use
Spanish as a primary language, the
national origin or the intent of the illegals does
not seem to matter to Mr. Edwards… or his profit
margins.
There is nothing to stop a
terrorist from gaining the same
illegal foothold in our society or the same illegal
help in getting a loan or a credit card.
When I was in a branch of this bank
here in several weeks ago, a manager told me that they,
as bankers, “hated the IRS”. It would seem that
they have no fear of the IRS, or your office.
I will be grateful for the promised
acknowledgment of this letter, and the news of its
follow up. I am making this complaint public. I am an
American citizen expecting that the
law be enforced.
Thank you for your kind attention.
I have spoken to “Sandra” in your office, [June
22, 2004] and was given a case #...498313
I am sending this to your office
via e-mail and fax as advised, and will mail a hard copy
through the U.S. Mail system as agreed.
Please see attached copy of flyer
and photo of bank in attachment to e-mail version. I am
happy to send you hard copies of flyers and booklets
from the bank itself. [Click
here for flier.]
I hope that this information will
be passed on to all federal agencies charged with our
Homeland Security, as provided for in the Patriot Act.
[VDARE
.COM note: Banco De Nuestra Comunidad doesn’t
seem to have a website but its
part-owner is
National Commerce Financial,
which can be emailed
here].
D.A. King [email
him] is an active member of
Georgians For Immigration Reduction
and proprietor of
http://www.theamericanresistance.com/.
