News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Thursday, February 22, 2007

New 'Sigo' card gives immigrants options

SAFER BANKING, WITHOUT SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS
It provides access to ATMs, online banking
Los Angeles Times
Published: 02.22.2007

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. A nonprofit worker center here called New Labor, which helps immigrants learn English and find jobs, in November became the first in the U.S. to offer the "Sigo" card - a combination of Spanish for "yes" and English for "go."

The New Brunswick center has distributed 300 cards. The program - which is affiliated with MasterCard - is under way at eight other worker centers across the country. Organizers hope to make it available to thousands of immigrants at 140 worker centers nationwide, enabling them to use ATMs and store credit card machines, pay bills online and avoid high fees for sending money home or cashing checks.

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