Trump Administration Considers Requiring Banks to Collect Citizenship Information

This is a 'consideration' story based on WSJ reporting about potential policy that has not been implemented. Constitutional damage is moderate: civil_rights scores 4 (financial privacy concerns, citizenship-based discrimination potential), rule_of_law 3.5 (regulatory overreach questions), separation 2.5 (executive branch expanding surveillance without clear legislative mandate). However, mechanism_modifier is 0.6 because this is only under consideration, not enacted. Base score 20.78 * severity 1.31 * mechanism 0.6 * scope 1.3 = 17.25. B-score is high: outrage_bait 7 (privacy invasion narrative), novelty 6 (unusual banking requirement), media_friendliness 7 (simple scary concept). Layer 2 strong: pattern_match 8 (fits 'authoritarian surveillance' narrative), narrative_pivot 7 (immigration enforcement expanding into financial sector), mismatch 6 (actual vs feared impact). Intentionality 8 suggests trial balloon testing. Final B-score 27.13. D-score = -9.88, with B>=25 and D<=-10, this is List B: strategic distraction using policy consideration to generate outrage without actual implementation.