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   From: democrat@nazis.il   
      
   Critics slammed the law allowing eligible foreign nationals to become   
   police officers as 'madness'   
      
   Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, D., signed a bill into law that allows non-   
   U.S. citizens to become police officers in the state, angering critics who   
   slammed the idea of foreigners arresting American citizens as "a   
   fundamentally bad idea."   
      
   Illinois House Bill 3751 will no longer require U.S. citizenship as a   
   qualification to become a police officer in the state. The bill was signed   
   by the Democrat governor on Friday and will go into effect on January 1,   
   2024, despite facing heavy opposition from GOP lawmakers and prominent   
   police groups.   
      
   The bill "provides that an individual who is not a citizen but is legally   
   authorized to work in the United States under federal law is authorized to   
   apply for the position of police officer, subject to all requirements and   
   limitations, other than citizenship, to which other applicants are   
   subject," HB3751 reads, adding that non-U.S. citizens must be able to   
   obtain, carry, purchase, or otherwise possess a firearm under federal law   
   to apply for the job.   
      
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   Immigrants who remain in the country under the Deferred Action for   
   Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Act, are also entitled to apply for a position   
   to join law enforcement, the bill states.   
      
   Federal law currently forbids non-U.S. citizens to serve as police   
   officers and deputies.   
      
   Illinois Rep. Mary Miller, a Republican, voiced her outrage over the new   
   law on Twitter over the weekend, writing that "no sane state would allow   
   foreign nationals to arrest their citizens."   
      
   "At 5 p.m. yesterday, when no one was paying attention, Pritzker signed a   
   bill to allow illegal immigrants to become police officers, giving non-   
   citizens the power to arrest citizens in our state," she tweeted. "No sane   
   state would allow foreign nationals to arrest their citizens, this is   
   madness!"   
      
      
   Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., tweeted following news of the bill's   
   passing, "In the state of Illinois, illegals can now become police   
   officers. Yes, you heard that right."   
      
   "People who are breaking the law by their presence here can now arrest   
   American citizens. You know the other blue states are watching and getting   
   ready to implement this idea as soon as they can!" she continued. "We   
   either address this border crisis or allow our country to descend further   
   into a Leftist dystopia."   
      
      
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   The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) also condemned the bill after it   
   passed in the Democratic-controlled state House earlier this month.   
      
   "What message does this legislation send when it allows people who do not   
   have legal status to become the enforcers of our laws?" the group said in   
   a statement to ABC20. "This is a potential crisis of confidence in law   
   enforcement at a time when our officers need all the public confidence   
   they can get."   
      
   In May, Illinois Republican state Senator Chapin Rose slammed the bill as   
   "a fundamentally bad idea."   
      
   "I don't care where this individual is from—Australia. They should not be   
   able to arrest a United States citizen on United States soil," the Daily   
   Wire reported.   
      
   Democratic Rep. Barbara Hernandez, who sponsored the bill, defended the   
   measure as a "natural progression" of the 2021 federal decision to allow   
   some undocumented immigrants to work as healthcare workers and military   
   members, CBS News reported.   
      
   Pritzker defended the bill in a press conference Monday, arguing that the   
   legislation would be limited to individuals who are legally allowed to   
   work in the United States and who are legally allowed to possess firearms,   
   NBC Chicago reported. As for criticism from Republicans, Pritzker said   
   they are misinterpreting the language of the bill.   
      
   "I am tired of the right-wing twisting things," he said. "They put it on   
   Facebook, they tell lies. There are people out there that think we’re just   
   allowing anybody to become a police officer. That’s just not accurate."   
      
   The bill comes as Illinois grapples with statewide police shortages amid   
   recruitment and retention challenges. In March 2022, Chicago Police   
   Department staffing numbers reached the lowest in recent history, causing   
   the department to loosen its recruitment requirements by waiving the   
   minimum 60 college credits for certain candidates and offering online   
   testing opportunities.   
      
   The bill is one of several controversial measures signed into law by   
   Pritzker over the weekend. A separate bill championed by the governor   
   empowers the state attorney general to crack down on pregnancy centers   
   that use "deceptive tactics" to divert women seeking an abortion to   
   alternate care offered by their programs.   
      
   Critics of the law have noted ambiguity surrounding what exactly will   
   define deception or misinformation under the new law, expressing concern   
   that the government could use that vagueness to unfairly target pro-life   
   pregnancy centers. Lawsuits have already been filed to challenge the law,   
   with the Thomas More Society, a nonprofit law firm, suing the state of   
   Illinois.   
      
   madinmadison448   
   5 hours ago   
      
   "Federal law currently forbids non-U.S. citizens to serve as police   
   officers and deputies."  So governors are free to make up their own laws   
   now, whether or not they are in direct conflict with federal law? Dual   
   tier justice system at work again--one for Democrats, and one for   
   Republicans. God help us if the next election doesn't bring us a   
   Republican president and a host of Republican Congressmen/women. It's   
   getting to the point that Congress has to challenge every Democrat law all   
   the way up to the Supreme Court in order to maintain our American way of   
   life.   
      
   AmericaTheGreat0001   
   4 minutes ago   
      
   Thank God for the Fed's.   
      
   seekingnormalcy   
   2 minutes ago   
      
   Dems have learned to steal elections. It will never be the same. Civil war   
   is the only answer. Between Beetlejuice and Babar the elephant as leaders   
   in Illinois the people will get what they vote for. Thats why people live   
   in Illinois. Dem run, dems the way.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/media/illinois-gov-pritzker-allows-non-us-   
   citizens-become-police-officers-new-law-fundamentally-bad-idea   
      
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