Originally published at: The Feds drop the hammer on illegal immigration - FreightWaves
The Administration has announced a major new initiative targeting the financial channels used by undocumented immigrants, marking a strategic and powerful shift in enforcement priorities. Moving beyond traditional border security measures, this action focuses on financial institutions and money transmitters that facilitate the transfer of funds from undocumented workers to their home countries, effectively targeting…
Does that sound like a broad dragnet ripe for abuse and collateral by-catch?
Maybe read up on ‘civil forfeiture’ if the above sounds like a good idea? How does today’s excuse merit applying those ‘principles’ to every house cleaner and farm worker and restaurant worker’s hard earned money order home?
For real, this is already affecting me here in canada. I’m not an illegal worker. I do make use of these transfer apps however.