President Trump has backed off on using ICE aggressively for deportations. His approach now is reportedly to focus on illegal aliens who have interacted with the criminal justice system.
Given the fact that the ICE approach has been scaled back, Trump has to figure out other ways to start getting tens of millions of illegals out of the country.
Mandating that employers use E-Verify is one approach, but that has been resisted by business interests.
It has recently been floated that banks be required to confirm citizenship for people who open and hold accounts. But the bankers’ lobby is resisting, saying it is “not practical”.
This, of course, is absurd. I know, for instance, what I had to do when I opened a business account. The bank required I run up to the county courthouse to get an “Assumed Business Name Certificate” from the Register of Deeds, and then present it to the bank.
That was not “impractical”. Instead, it was standard operating procedure.
Clearly, the banks don’t want to help with Trump’s objectives. But it ought not be their call.
We need both required E-Verify for employers and banks confirming citizenship of account holders.
I agree ,TC. The banks are scofflaws.
They can really be a key part of meeting this challenge, Fred.