White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said on Friday that the Trump administration is pursuing a policy to cut illegal immigrants off from banking services, framing it as a measure intended to encourage self-deportation. The move forms part of a broader administration strategy of increasing everyday pressure on undocumented migrants in the United States, rather than relying solely on direct enforcement action such as arrests and removals, in an effort to reduce the illegal immigrant population.

The article, published by Fox News, reports Miller's remarks but provides limited additional detail on how such a debanking policy would be implemented or which financial institutions or agencies would be involved. It appears alongside related coverage of the administration's wider immigration agenda, including crackdowns on birth tourism and moves to tighten access to public benefits, reflecting a pattern of policies designed to make remaining in the US without legal status increasingly untenable.