Legislation to Block Credit Cards for Illegal Aliens Introduced
According to this article, Rep. Marsha Blackburn has introduced a bill that would make it illegal for financial institutions to issue credit cards to illegal immigrants:
U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, (R-TN), introduced legislation Monday that would prevent illegal immigrants from receiving credit cards from American financial institutions.
The Photo Identification Security Act would require banks to use what Blackburn calls “secure forms of identification” to obtain credit. In a statement put out by her office, she says that Bank of America “has come under fire in response to reports that it allows illegal immigrants access to credit cards without proper documentation.”
This legislation wouldn’t have been proposed if Bank of America hadn’t announced that it would start issuing credit cards to illegal aliens a couple weeks ago. I haven’t confirmed which committee this legislation will be assigned to but I’m guessing that it’ll be the House Banking Committee, which Barney Frank chairs. Rep. Blackburn sits on that committee, as does my representative, Michele Bachmann, and CAIR’s congressman, Keith Ellison.
I can’t imagine this bill getting much of a fair shake in that committee. Frank is a hyperpartisan who’ll do anything to limit Republicans’ accomplishments.
“The American people deserve to know that the integrity and security of our financial institutions will remain intact,” Blackburn said in a statement Monday. “This bill closes a critical loophole that banking institutions have used to circumvent the letter of the law they have used to target illegal aliens as a new source of revenue. It says to banks and illegal immigrants alike, ‘You can’t get a Visa, without a visa.’”
I hope that Frank doesn’t give this legislation a hearing. If this legislation doesn’t get a fair hearing, the NRCC can use that as a sledgehammer against Democrats in the 2008 elections. The NRCC can use it as a sledgehammer if the bill is defeated in committee, too.
Republicans should use Democrats’ illegal immigrant position against them next year. They should make this a national security matter. I think they’d win if they cast this issue in that light.
Technorati Tags: Illegal Immigration, Bank Of America, Barney Frank, CAIR’s Congressman, Keith Ellison, Marsha Blackburn, Michele Bachmann, Election 2008
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
March 7th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
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March 8th, 2007 at 10:46 am
Actually the well intentioned representative might want to reconsider. Why not pass legislation that requires the banks to pass on the name/contact information of every non-U.S. Citizen applying for a credit card to the Dept. of Homeland Security and the Justice Dept. - then they’d have a ready made list of people to deport. Wonder how many people would apply for the cards then.