US Weighs Bank Citizenship Data Requirements, Reports Say

US President Donald Trump 

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

The Trump administration is discussing an executive order designed to force banks to collect citizenship data alongside other identification information from customers, according to multiple media reports.

The potential move would represent a significant new push in President Donald Trump’s effort to discourage undocumented migration to the US, and could impose substantial and unprecedented new mandates on financial institutions.