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President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that requires banks to take a closer look at the citizenship of their customers, a new measure in his administration\u2019s push to clamp down on people living in the country illegally.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0order\u00a0directs bank regulators and government departments to look for signs that people without legal status are opening accounts or obtaining loans or credit cards. However, the order is less aggressive than banks had expected, as earlier reports suggested the White House was drafting an order that would make collecting customers\u2019 citizenship information mandatory.<\/p>\n

In the order, the White House framed the decision that banks would face credit risks if one of their customers were deported and any loans could no longer be repaid. The White House said it would not \u201cpermit risks to our financial system posed by the extension of credit or financial services to the inadmissible and removable alien population.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since banks have never collected any information about their customers\u2019 citizenship or immigration status, there are no reliable public figures on how much risk these customers pose to the financial system.<\/p>\n

A study by the left-leaning\u00a0\u00a0estimated that between 5,000 and 6,000 mortgages were issued to customers with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs). These ITINs are typically used by undocumented workers in place of a Social Security Number. The Urban Institute estimated that banks were highly reluctant to lend to individuals with ITINs. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are also generally reluctant to insure mortgages for borrowers with an ITIN, making it even less likely for ITIN holders to obtain a mortgage.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAhilan Arulanantham, professor and co-director of UCLA School of Law\u2019s Center for Immigration Law and Policy, explains when U.S. citizens must show proof of citizenship, whether ID is required, and what the law says about police and immigration encounters.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

The White House has been signaling for weeks that it was planning some sort of executive order that would involve how banks handle their undocumented customers. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said last month that \u201cthere should be stricter rules\u201d to open bank accounts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy can the unknown foreign nationals come and open a bank account?\u201d Bessent said.<\/p>\n

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Claiming bank executives were supposed to \u201cknow your customer,\u201d he asked, “So how do you know your customer if you don\u2019t know if they have legal or illegal status, whether a U.S. citizen or green card holder?\u201d<\/p>\n

In response, the banking industry had been aggressively lobbying for months to stop the White House from issuing an executive order that would have made collecting customers’ citizenship status mandatory, arguing it would be expensive and require vast amounts of paperwork. Since the order only offers guidance to the banks instead of a mandate, it appears the banks were able to win over the White House.<\/p>\n

Immigration advocates have previously said any order that would order banks to collect citizenship information would likely result in undocumented immigrants moving out of the financial system, increasing the number of \u201cunbanked” individuals.<\/p>\n

The White House has taken other measures to discourage undocumented workers from using the financial system. The Treasury last November announced that it would reclassify certain refundable tax credits as \u201cfederal public benefits,\u201d which bars some immigrant taxpayers from receiving them, even if they file and pay taxes and would otherwise qualify.<\/p>\n

Tax experts said immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents as children, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, recipients, and immigrants with Temporary Protected Status would be largely affected by the planned change.<\/p>\n

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