Protesting Loans for Illegal Immigrants

We spent Saturday morning down in Indiana protesting a bank that is giving loans to illegal immigrants.

Bank Calumet is located at 750 Ridge Road in Munster, Indiana.

We found out about this protest after meeting Cheree Calabro, Porter County Director, and Greg Serbon, Lake Country Director, of IFIRE (Indiana Federation for Immigration Reform & Enforcement) at another event.



According to Section 8, U.S. Code 1324: "Any person who...encourages, or induces an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the Unisted States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such coming to, entry, or residence is or will be in violation of law...aids or abets the commission of any of the preceding acts...for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain, be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both..."

Giving someone here illegally a mortgage sounds like aiding and abetting to me...













We protesters got a good amount of honking in support of our message. A few people even vowed to follow Greg's lead (picture on right) and close their Bank Calumet accounts. Now that's what I call effective protest -- speaking the only language banks will understand: $$$.