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EL SALVADOR DEALS WITH NEW RULES FOR REMITTANCES.

Publication: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
Publication Date: 21-NOV-02 		Format: Online - approximately 1107 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The US government has imposed new rules on the companies that handle the transactions by which immigrant workers send money back to their home countries. The strict federal rules were imposed over the past several months and more are slated to come soon. This is another brick in the still-under-construction edifice of post-Sept. 11 scrutiny. The rules are the spawn of the Patriot Act that President George W. Bush signed into law on Oct. 26, 2001, giving law enforcement and regulatory agencies expanded authority.

Now, anyone sending money to another country must be checked against government lists of possible money launderers and terrorists, and those in the business of transmitting the money must undergo training in spotting suspicious money movements.

The change in procedures has immigrants worried that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) now has another tool to track them down (see NotiCen, 2002-07-25). "I have a passport that I can show," said one woman in New York who has overstayed her visa, "but...

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