Trump team weighs order to force banks to make sure customers are citizens
www.independent.co.uk
The proposed action would see banks collect information on individuals’ citizenship through requests for a new category of documents in order to open the accounts, according to The Wall Street Journal

Donald Trump is considering a possible executive order that would require banks to make sure customers are U.S. citizens to create or keep their accounts, according to a new report.

The proposed action, reported byThe Wall Street Journal, would see banks collect information on individuals’ citizenship through requests for a new category of documents in order to open the accounts.

The Independent has contacted the White House for confirmation or further information about reports of the executive order, which has reportedly raised eyebrows among some banks in recent days.

  • Abundance114@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    So now republicans are cool with the government telling businesses who they can and cannot do business with?

    Democrats are cool with it too.

    When it passed, 80% of the democrats in the Senate voted YES for the Immigration Control and Reform Act of 1986; which is the law that makes it illegal for business to hire undocumented people. It was later signed into law by Reagan. More Democrats actually voted yes for that bill than Republicans. The bill was even introduced into the house by a Democrat.

    What a 180 the left has done on immigration.