Another Reason To Hate B of A
Marcos Breton has a gut-wrenching commentary featured at McClatchy DC. It's about an undocumented worker who came to the US as a teenager, got a job as a dishwasher in a restaurant. He worked hard and gradually worked his way up in that kitchen. He paid taxes, opened a bank account, saved his money, married and had children born in this country. He bought a house. And then things went horribly wrong.
Martinez had been a Bank of America customer since 1996. One day 11 months ago, he got a call to go to his branch in Marysville, where he now lives after residing for years in Sacramento, to discuss his accounts.
It was so routine, Martinez took his 6-year-old daughter with him.
When he arrived, the police were called. He was detained in an office at the bank branch, he said. ...
During a routine background check, his undocumented status was discovered and he soon found himself in a federal immigration jail in New Mexico.
He spent two weeks in jail, and his deportation case, so huge is the backlog, is set for June 2013.
Mr. Martinez, who committed no crime after arriving in this country, got ratted out by his own bank. Because he was unable to contact his employer about the arrest, he was fired for absenteeism. His house went into foreclosure, which was stopped only when a couple of lawyers stepped up for him and filed suit to stop those proceedings, but because of the long wait before his case gets heard, it is unlikely that Martinez will be able to work to support his family.
But wait, it gets even worse:
Oh, and according to Martinez's lawyers, Bank of America is still holding his money.
Go read the whole column. Then, after the nausea passes, if you still have a B of A account, seriously consider whether you want to enrich those leeches further.
Martinez had been a Bank of America customer since 1996. One day 11 months ago, he got a call to go to his branch in Marysville, where he now lives after residing for years in Sacramento, to discuss his accounts.
It was so routine, Martinez took his 6-year-old daughter with him.
When he arrived, the police were called. He was detained in an office at the bank branch, he said. ...
During a routine background check, his undocumented status was discovered and he soon found himself in a federal immigration jail in New Mexico.
He spent two weeks in jail, and his deportation case, so huge is the backlog, is set for June 2013.
Mr. Martinez, who committed no crime after arriving in this country, got ratted out by his own bank. Because he was unable to contact his employer about the arrest, he was fired for absenteeism. His house went into foreclosure, which was stopped only when a couple of lawyers stepped up for him and filed suit to stop those proceedings, but because of the long wait before his case gets heard, it is unlikely that Martinez will be able to work to support his family.
But wait, it gets even worse:
Oh, and according to Martinez's lawyers, Bank of America is still holding his money.
Go read the whole column. Then, after the nausea passes, if you still have a B of A account, seriously consider whether you want to enrich those leeches further.
Labels: Banksters, Immigration
posted by Diane at 4:52 AM
2 Comments:
That wouldn't be the same B.O.A. that was a much bigger factor in breaking our economy than Fannie and Freddie, and has been bailed out by us with free cash ever since, would it?
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I have a credit card with BofA. I'd like to just pay it off but it's my only credit card. I've been unemployed for 3 years and can't get another credit account anywhere else (I've tried).
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