This week in dystopian nightmares: Bank of America is locking customers out of their accounts after demanding proof of U.S. citizenship.
Saeed Moshfegh, an Iranian Ph.D candidate at the University of Miami, had been studying legally in the U.S. for seven years when Bank of America froze his account over concerns about his immigration status.
According to a report by the Miami Herald, the company required Moshfegh to provide proof of legal residency every six months to continue to use his Bank of America account, which he begrudgingly did. But last month the bank refused to accept Moshfegh’s paperwork, which he claims was correct given his status as an active student enrolled in a U.S. university.
“This bank doesn’t know how the immigration system works, so they didn’t accept my document,” Moshfegh told the Miami Herald in an interview. Moshfegh’s accounts were frozen and his funds were inaccessible, regardless of the fact that he was a legal U.S. resident and had even recently married an American. After multiple conversations with Bank of America employees, Moshfegh was allowed to withdraw his money, but the account was shuttered.
He’s far from alone. Multiple U.S. citizens have reported experiencing similar treatment from Bank of America.
I am relatively young but in final stage renal failure. I have a higher chance of survival IF I can recieve proper medical care AND LIVING ASSISTANCE in a different state. Get me OUT of Mississippi.
The long post w the good explanation is being shared but not inspiring much help. So, I simplified it.
My illness is straight up fatal. Not gonna beat around thatBush, anymore. I seem desperate for help because I AM desperate for help.
My nephrologist has seen enough improvement in my kidney function, lately, to believe someone my age (early 30s) might have a longer life WITH PROPER AND FREQUENT MEDICAL ATTENTION. Sadly, that just isn’t an option where I live.
Please, if you can help me with moving expenses (even just a couple of bucks) I would be grateful. I’m sinking fast in Mississippi and now my doctors are giving me too much hope to ignore. I wanna get out of this situation and I’m working my fatigued, brain-foggy ass off to make it out of here.
If I can undo the damage my heart failure caused to the rest of my body, I want to. I don’t want to spend another month KNOWING what I should be eating, what medicines I should be taking, what tests and treatments I should be getting… and receiving almost none of it because Mississippi lawmakers think people like me have somehow earned slow, painful deaths.
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