The remittance payments that illegal aliens send back home to Mexico, after stealing jobs meant for Americans and paying no taxes on their wages, seem a bit… unfair. A lot of Americans would probably like to sign up for that.
All the money that you make at your job, for example, may be intended to benefit members of your immediate family. Therefore, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to pay no taxes on your salary, simply by claiming, “But the money is for my family!”
Alas, you can’t get a sweet deal like that in America. That’s only a benefit that illegal aliens in our country get to enjoy.
If you’re an American and you do happen to have family overseas, you’ve probably noticed that it’s a bit expensive to wire money to them. According to Lending Tree, here are the international wire transfer fees that Americans must pay at their banks to send money to a foreign country.
Bank of America, Citi, PNC and Wells Fargo all charge $45 per transfer. Chase, SunTrust and US Bank each charge $50 per transfer. BB&T charges $65 per transfer. The average cost for Americans to send an international wire transfer from these banks is a little over $48 per transfer. That will buy you a tank of gas and some biscuits & gravy in most places.
Oh, but there is one banking program administered through the Federal Reserve which allows you to send foreign wire transfers for just $0.67 per transaction. Unfortunately, you must be an illegal alien sending untaxed remittance payments home to Mexico in order to participate in this special, exclusive program. Crossing the border illegally has so many benefits!
Another way of phrasing it mathematically is that Americans pay 74.6 times as much money to send a wire transfer as it costs illegal aliens to do the exact same thing. Plus, only illegal aliens from Mexico get this deal. Imagine how jealous the illegal aliens from Congo must be!
The “Directo a México” (Direct to Mexico) program was started by the George W. Bush administration in 2005. Before the Directo a México program, illegal aliens had to pay the full price for wire transfers back home.
Plus, they kept getting caught committing financial fraud and identity theft, which is embarrassing and not an “act of love” according to the Bush family doctrine. It’s so much easier to just make it legal for illegal aliens to participate in our nation’s financial system.
Plus, it’s a big incentive for even more Mexicans to commit more “acts of love” by illegally breaching our border and coming here to work, illegally, without paying taxes.
All you need to benefit from this special Federal Reserve banking program is a government-issued ID… from the Mexican government. Present your Mexican-issued ID at “any participating US financial institution.” The program is intended primarily for illegal aliens, since it doesn’t ask for the normal things like a green card, visa or driver’s license to sign up for a bank account.
Once you submit your Mexican ID, the bank sets you up with a Directo a México debit card account. You can start depositing your under-the-table, cash-only, untaxed payments from your stolen job and start wiring the money home for just $0.67 per transaction. What a deal!
Spanish-language brochures for the Directo a México program, which you can probably pick up in the lobby of your bank, promise to give participants “more pesos for every dollar.”
An FAQ section on one of the Directo a México brochures reassures the illegal aliens that their money is safe, thanks to the Federal Reserve. If ICE raids their workplace, captures them and deports them back to Mexico, the money is still in their account. They can withdraw the cash from any ATM in Mexico, using their Directo a México debit card. So efficient!
Perusing the Directo a México website, it appears that Alaska and Hawaii are the only two US states where this exclusive remittance program is not available. In the other 48 states, illegal aliens who are “living in the shadows” can fully participate in the financial systems of America, no questions asked. Just bring your Mexican-issued ID and you can get better wire transfer rates than any American taxpayer can – even if you’re using the same bank!
Congress could put a stop to this program tomorrow, if America’s elected leaders had the moral will to protect us against the invasion. Unfortunately, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are the only two US Senators who ever dare to utter a discouraging word against the Federal Reserve.
