Illegal immigrants — they’re money – Bank of American is right to treat them as legitimate participants in our economy.

“DAN STEIN, the premier American nativist and president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, is shocked, shocked. Hes mad at Bank of America for issuing credit cards to illegal immigrants. He says that to BofA “and other large corporations, illegal immigrants are a source of low-wage labor and an untapped customer market.” You bet they are, and thats the American way.

Sure, I’m proud to be a citizen of a nation that portrays itself as a refuge for the “tired,” “the poor” and the “huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” But lets face it, Emma Lazarus, the poet who wrote those words, may have laid it on a bit thick. The truth, no less beautiful in its way, is a little more crass and self-serving. But it wouldn’t have sounded nearly as poetic to say, “bring us your able-bodied, poor, hardworking masses yearning for a chance to climb out of poverty, establish a credit history and”¦. ” We all love to rhapsodize about immigrants embrace of the American dream, but its more like a hard-nosed American deal ”” you come here, you work your tail off under grueling conditions, and you can try your damnedest to better your lot over time. “

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