President Trump's administration is ramping up its assault on illegal immigration by eyeing a bold new tactic: enlisting banks to verify the citizenship of every customer.

This potential executive order would mandate financial institutions to collect proof like passports from both new and existing account holders, effectively cutting off undocumented migrants from the banking system they've exploited under open-border policies.

It's a commonsense step to safeguard American resources, but watch as Democrats and their corporate allies howl in protest - the same crowd that fights tooth and nail against voter ID requirements won't back this either.

The policy would expand on existing know-your-customer rules, which focus on preventing money laundering but ignore citizenship status entirely.

Banks currently don't prohibit non-citizens from opening accounts, allowing illegals to stash funds siphoned from taxpayer-supported programs.

Under the proposed order, institutions might have to retroactively demand documents like passports, potentially closing accounts for those who can't prove U.S. citizenship.

A financial industry source told CNN: "Verifying every bank customer's citizenship status would be unworkable. It's a bad idea. We are very alarmed."

Reactions poured in on X, with users voicing strong support for the crackdown:

These voices reflect a groundswell of America First sentiment, tired of seeing resources drained by those who flout laws.

Hungary is ready to block all EU decisions that are important to Ukraine in response to Kiev's "oil blockade" of supplies from Russia, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned.

The Druzhba oil pipeline, part of which runs through Ukraine, went offline in January after Kiev claimed it had been damaged by Russian strikes - accusations Moscow denies. Hungary and Slovakia, both heavily reliant on Russian energy, have accused Kiev of deliberately cutting them off for political reasons and inventing obstacles for restarting oil flows.

Orban stated on Wednesday that Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky has openly vowed to prevent Russian energy from reaching the EU, and suggested that any facility relying on Russian supplies could now be a target for "Ukrainian sabotage actions."

The Hungarian prime minister announced that the national armed forces have been deployed at 75 locations across the country to guard energy infrastructure, recalling that the Nord Stream pipeline "was also blown up by the Ukrainians."

According to Orban, new satellite intelligence shows that Druzhba remains in full working order. "We demand that Zelensky allow our inspectors to enter Ukraine and make it possible to examine the pipeline," he said.

Ukraine has reportedly rejected a proposed EU mission to inspect the pipeline.

Orban said Budapest will not give in to "Ukrainian blackmail," vowing to "dismantle the oil blockade" and to use Hungary's veto power in Brussels for as long as necessary. "Until the situation is resolved we will block every European Union decision that is important to Ukraine," he said.

Last month, Orban placed a double veto on EU initiatives, blocking Brussels' planned €90 billion ($106 billion) emergency loan for Kiev, as well as the bloc's 20th package of sanctions on Russia. The EU has called for a total ban on Russian energy by 2027, despite some bloc members remaining heavily reliant on Russian crude.

While hosting Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto at the Kremlin on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that Moscow is a reliable supplier of energy. "We have always fulfilled all our obligations and, of course, we intend and are ready to do so in the future," Putin said.