WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks issued the following press release:
Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) and Congressman Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.-15) introduced the Financial Access Protection Act, which would prohibit banks from "collecting, maintaining, and disclosing" information tied to Americans' citizenship and immigration status.
In February, at a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing, Senator Alsobrooks asked (https://x.com/Sen_Alsobrooks/status/2027097822818877441?s=20) a group of financial regulators to raise their hands if they believed they were responsible for enforcing immigration laws - no one raised their hand.
In April, the Trump Administration announced that it expects banks to comply wi...