December 30, 2005

Santa Cruz Sentinel pimps remittances from illegal aliens

While reading the article "A first for Santa Cruz County: Mexican bank opens in downtown Watsonville" by Tom Ragan I kept asking myself, "is this an ad? Don't companies normally have to pay to get articles like this rather than, say, real journalism involving exposes and such?"

Let's take a look:

Bancomer, the only Mexican bank between here and San Jose, is open for business downtown... In Watsonville, there are several banks that cater to the unique services that Mexican nationals demand - whether offering special deals and debit cards that effectively wire money to Mexico in a matter of minutes or accommodating undocumented immigrants by opening up checking accounts with national ID cards issued by the Mexican consulate...

Full service indeed: the Mexican consulate gives them Matricula Consular cards which the Mexican bank then accepts. Add in the fact that the reporter interviewed someone who sends half his paycheck home, and you have to wonder: is this newspaper on the take, or are they just "liberal" useful idiots?

Posted to Immigration at December 30, 2005 02:11 PM

Comments

And here is an article about the "helpful" folks at
the consulate, aiding the illegals in obtaining the
cards and urging them to complete high school. Awww, heartwarming. Too bad they didn't give a damn about their own
citizens when they lived in Mexico.

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/columns/article_920983.php

Posted by: Pat at December 31, 2005 09:11 AM

If Mexico would impose a minimum living wage of $10 per hour, kind of like what has been proposed for places like San Francisco, then the oppressed peoples of Mexico wouldn't come here. Time for a new cause celebre.

Posted by: Ontario Emperor at December 31, 2005 10:00 PM

The mexican rich want one thing "most of the usa inside mexico".

Posted by: Fred Dawes at January 1, 2006 03:41 PM