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.
That’s part of the point, eventually. You just start narrowing who’s a “citizen” from there. It’s why they want to get rid of birthright citizenship so badly, because then you can make up whatever test you like, and potentially even say “alright, NOBODY is a citizen unless you go and present yourself for racial profiling/pass a test/etc” or whatever.