#news Calls to debank Illegal migrants are being answered in Florida, as a bill is advancing that will block illegals from accessing state resources, financial services, and employment
The sweeping proposals have been filed in the state House and Senate.
The 34-page measure includes:
Blocking illegal migrants from opening bank accounts, receiving loans from state-regulated institutions, or accessing home ownership assistance programs like down payment aid from government or non-government entities.
In bans illegal migrants from sending money to other countries.
It assigns automatic fault in auto accidents — meaning insurance companies will have to accept fault if they insured an illegal migrant who then got into a crash – no matter who caused the crash – no loopholes, no questions.
Harsher penalties for employers — with increased fines and criminal charges against businesses that knowingly hire illegal migrants.
It also shifts workers comp cases to employers, preventing illegals from accessing benefits at taxpayer expense.
Sen. Cotton previously called on the Treasury to debank 15 million illegal migrants, to ‘quickly force them out of the country at minimal cost’*****
Cotton said the quickest and most efficient way to deport an estimated 15 million illegal migrants is to simply debank them.
Experts say that cutting off access to banking services would cripple the ability of illegal migrants to support themselves economically, prompting self-deportation without the need for mass roundups or costly raids.
Supporters argue it’s a humane, low-friction alternative to traditional methods, leveraging financial systems already in place.
Critics have questioned why illegal migrants are being allowed to obtain bank accounts, home mortgages, credit cards, business loans, car loans etc. while in the country illegally.
During the Obama-era Operation Choke Point, the DOJ pressured banks to cut ties with industries that were high-risk, like payday lenders and firearms dealers, effectively starving them of capital.
Conservatives say this is evidence that the federal government knows how to use banking regulations as a weapon—but selectively, often against law-abiding Americans rather than illegal migrants.
Debanking illegal migrants could involve directives from the Treasury or Homeland Security to flag and close accounts tied to people without legal status, disrupting everything from payroll deposits to money sent back to their home countries (Minnesota Somalians send back billions to Somalia each year)
