# Trump Treasury Expands Financial Surveillance in CA and TX 

More than one million Americans are about to face a new level of financial surveillance.

March 13, 2025 • News Releases 

[A new piece](https://www.cato.org/blog/trump-treasury-expands-financial-surveillance) titled “**Trump Treasury Expands Financial Surveillance,”** by Cato Institute Policy Analyst [Nicholas Anthony](https://www.cato.org/people/nicholas-anthony) has recently published.

More than one million Americans are about to face a new level of financial surveillance. The Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that the threshold for [currency transaction reports](https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww.fincen.gov*2Fnews*2Fnews-releases*2Ffincen-issues-southwest-border-geographic-targeting-order/1/0100019590ac2b9e-2ff31c56-d89e-43cb-b53a-a7a65ee2846d-000000/CXtJWUslfgvjeWHQ8j_W_9694TE=417___.YXAzOmNhdG9pbnN0aXR1dGU6YTpvOjRkNTM0NWVjZWQ0ZjgzZDcyZTg5YzYwMjYwMzUwZWE0Ojc6MzVjYzpkMTBlYzk2NWEzMTVkZDViYzExN2E1ZGU0M2ZkM2MyMjJjNjljN2E1MWZiNDlkMjlkOWY3YjMzNTY3MjU5YTg5Omg6VDpO) has been lowered **from $10,000 to $200 for all Americans living in 30 zip codes in California and Texas**.

FinCEN officially announced the temporary policy change as an effort “to further combat the illicit activities and money laundering of Mexico-based cartels and other criminal actors along the southwest border of the United States.”

We are seeing a drastic increase in financial surveillance, Anthony warns. This move is in the wrong direction. Americans should not have their rights stripped away in the pursuit of justice.

You can read the full piece [here](https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https:/zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww.cato.org*2Fblog*2Ftrump-treasury-expands-financial-surveillance/2/0100019590ac2b9e-2ff31c56-d89e-43cb-b53a-a7a65ee2846d-000000/7QpkotgkaCNBP3N7ICURnykOLQA=417___.YXAzOmNhdG9pbnN0aXR1dGU6YTpvOjRkNTM0NWVjZWQ0ZjgzZDcyZTg5YzYwMjYwMzUwZWE0Ojc6NmVkNDoyYmM0M2U4Y2E4Y2RlMjUyNTFhZThmM2I2YmJhZjllNmQ3YzU5ZDViN2M0Nzc2ZWY0NmQyMmVkZDVhNjdlNWI5Omg6VDpO). If you would like to speak with Anthony, please contact [pr@​cato.​org](mailto:pr@cato.org).

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