US banks wary of being Trump's immigration enforcer
Source: The Hill
The financial industry is making clear it wants no part of Donald Trumps plan to force Mexico to pay for a border wall.
The GOP nominee says he would convince Mexico to cover the multibillion-dollar cost of his wall by barring Mexicans who are working in the U.S. illegally from sending money back home.
But banks and other financial companies say they do not want to get involved on the front lines in a contentious immigration battle, arguing there are questions about how effectively such a policy could be implemented.
It should not be for the banking system to be the police or the immigration task force, said one banking lobbyist. I dont think it should be left to banks to report that someone has come in to remit money to whatever country, and it may or may not be legal. Thats not our role.
Read more: http://origin-nyi.thehill.com/policy/finance/294357-us-banks-wary-of-being-trumps-immigration-enforcer
lapfog_1
(29,251 posts)being set up to "illegally" move money from the US to other locations (Europe then Mexico or Asia then Mexico).
This would be so easy to circumvent the barriers that Trump might want to set up to stop such transfers...
cstanleytech
(26,390 posts)to stay out of it.
cstanleytech
(26,390 posts)"them there illegals are taking our jobs!!" I shake my head in wonder because the cost of building and maintaining such a large wall far exceeds the cost of any delusional job loss.
lapfog_1
(29,251 posts)and are hard back breaking seasonal employment.
What do we really want to pay for strawberries and lettuce?
Farmers (and farm corporations) would have to pay over minimum wage to get people to do those jobs and even then they wouldn't find a lot of takers.
cstanleytech
(26,390 posts)with zero benefits for them since they are paid under the table illegally.
safeinOhio
(32,807 posts)Just lock up and fine the owners, persons, CEOs and Board of directors that hire any one that is not suppose to be here. Like $10K and one year in federal prison per every undocumented worker.
Problem solved.
Demobrat
(9,079 posts)Everybody from the working couple with the illegal nanny to the restaurant owner with five illegal dishwashers to the building contractor putting up hotels. No excuses. No passing the buck. Done.
jmowreader
(50,619 posts)The model management company owner who brought "girls" into the country illegally and put them up in an open-bay barracks in New York.
Demobrat
(9,079 posts)Like a cut of every penny they send overseas.
truthisfreedom
(23,175 posts)The dumpster expects cooperation from US banks after the billions he's screwed them out of?
olddad56
(5,732 posts)I'm out of the stock and bond markets until the dust settles.
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