Wells Fargo Bank’s Priorities Questioned
It looks like Well Fargo’s commitment to new markets far exceeds its fiduciary obligations to this nation [“Wells Fargo to Accept ID Cards Issued by Mexico,” Nov. 8]. I think they’ve got their priorities backward and upside-down.
I could recite a plethora of reasons why illegal immigration is wrong, and why all segments of society should join hands to end this relentless stealth migration, instead of selectively wiggling to make an extra dollar.
However, I’d likely be wasting keystrokes on those bankers who continuously seek to move the decimal point further to the right.
It’s amazing that Wells Fargo can’t understand (or doesn’t care about) the shabby realities of rolling out the welcome mat to millions of lawbreakers by facilitating their illegal presence in this country.
This is way beyond my capabilities to comprehend the extent to which some corporations will go to earn a buck.
Michael Scott
Glendora
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I can understand why the INS is considered the most dysfunctional agency in Washington. Its spokesman, Tony Lew, refers to illegal aliens as “law-abiding citizens.”
Larry Brown
Riverside
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Your article has left me even more irritated with a bank that I’m happy to say is my former bank.
First, I would like to make it clear that I feel that people who are living here, legally or otherwise, should not be preyed upon by the usurious check-cashing industry.
It’s always the poor people who can afford it least who fall prey to these businesses.
My problem with Wells Fargo has been how it treats its existing customers. I am a case in point.
I brought my fiancee here from Thailand, married her and went to my local Wells Fargo branch (where I had been banking for 12 years) to put her name on my account. In spite of the fact that my wife had a valid visa, our marriage license, a Social Security card and a picture ID called an EAD issued by the federal government, Wells Fargo refused to put her name on my account.
Moreover, the “customer service representative” looked at her passport and declared that her visa had expired (it hadn’t) and asked if maybe she had a Sears card “or something.”
Apparently Wells’ feels that a Sears card (or an ID card from Mexico) is a more valid form of ID than one issued by our own federal government.
I solved my problem by going to another bank that understood the documents that we presented.
Mark Kenaston
Woodland Hills
