Lawmaker battles Bank of America illegals policy

Pulls her accounts from biggest donor, co-sponsors bills against 'de facto amnesty'
Posted: March 20, 2007 1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

A Republican congresswoman is pulling her accounts from Bank of America, one of her biggest donors, and co-sponsoring a bill against the bank's controversial policy of doing business with illegal aliens.

Rep. Sue Myrick of North Carolina is backing a bill that would limit the forms of identification banks can accept from customers, the Tampa Bay Business Journal reported. Bank of America offers credit cards to customers who don't have Social Security numbers, which makes the cards available to illegals.

"I have been with them for a long time, but this was just the straw that breaks the camel's back in my mind," said Myrick, according to the Journal. "If I believe something, I'm going to stand by my principles. I'm not going to be a hypocrite and have my banking there and feel the way I do."

Finally, a lawmaker who puts their money where their mouth is! You go, girl! -mm