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So what's so wrong about requiring an SSN?
>From: Hedi Rudd <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)"
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>Subject: Re: Take action on important issue
>Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:33:59 -0500
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>From Ruben Ernesto:
>
>Something I would like to add...I've been involved in this program
>since
>April of 2004 and I have to tell you that one of many misconceptions
>that
>exists is that it's just for Latinos, just for Mexicans, etc. Truth is
>
>this program helps a wide variety of immigrants; including Hmong,
>Laotians, Africans, Jamaicans and other Caribbean natives, etc. I've
>done
>loans for people from African, I have a client right now I'm
>preapproving
>who's from Africa. I have a business friend who does tax preparation
>and
>specializes in working with this ignored group of people...and believe
>me
>there are plenty of Africans and other immigrants around that are
>accessing the Individual Tax Identification Number to complete their
>tax
>returns and to establish credit and to buy homes, it's not just
>Mexicans.
>These people are part of our communities...they are additional culture
>to
>our community, they are added economic strength, they are human beings
>who
>live and contribute to our communities and not only deserve but merit
>the
>same rights that the rest of us have. If a federal entity such as the
>IRS
>decided seven years ago that their contribution to the economy
>warranted a
>vehicle for them to file tax returns, then it warrants they deserve the
>
>right to establish credit, get into debt like the rest of us and have
>the
>ability to purchase a home. And the IRS is not the only Federal entity
>
>that has recognized this group of people, one way or another the
>federal
>government is slowly making sure to recognize and keep these people
>here.
>Without them, our economy, social and cultural atmosphere would suffer.
>If
>you have the time by all means show up and show your support.
>
>
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>"Hedi Rudd" <[log in to unmask]>
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