Everyone’s reading this (Source: WSJ) as immigration enforcement. The system is quietly moving citizenship checks into the banking layer.
I’m not claiming intent. I’m pointing at a mechanism.

Right now, banks verify identity for fraud and compliance. They don’t verify legal status.

If that changes:

When citizenship becomes an input,
and banks are required to collect it,
access to financial services becomes conditional.

• What expands: enforcement reach without new agencies
• What tightens: account access and retention
• What becomes inevitable: banks acting as screening points

No intent needed. This is structural.

You don’t need raids if the system people rely on daily starts filtering them.

That’s the shift.

If you can’t access banking, you can’t fully participate in the economy.

That’s why the fight isn’t just about immigration policy. It's about where enforcement lives.