PHOENIX — Arizona lawmakers are moving to make it illegal for banks, credit unions and even check-cashing services to do business with people in the state who are here without legal immigration status.
Legislation approved by the Senate and now awaiting House action would bar financial institutions from accepting as identification any "license or identification card issued exclusively to an unauthorized alien or undocumented immigrant.'' That appears aimed at ID cards issued by Mexican consular offices.
It also would make illegal acceptance of anything normally issued to legal U.S. residents or citizens but “has markings indicating that the license or identification cardholder did not present proof of the holder’s lawful presence in the United States.”
