Four of the six lenders participating in Project Lifeline, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Washington Mutual, all accept these cards, according to the National Illegal Immigration Boycott Coalition. And, although Citigroup is not on the NIIBC’s list of institutions accepting the matricula consular cards, their subsidiary, Citibank, actively solicits the business of illegal immigrants. According to the Union-Tribune , “The local program, which uses tax identification numbers instead of Social Security numbers, is similar to programs run by small lenders and two state agencies around the country that have distributed millions of dollars to undocumented immigrants over the past few years. Of course, the government doesn’t track how many illegal immigrants have subprime loans, but we know almost half of the subprime loans are in the hands of Hispanics, increasing the odds illegal immigrants are a disproportionate part of the problem. Read More