Welcome to Illinois: Where Non-Citizens Can Arrest You While GOP Advocates for Law & Order
Despite opposition from the state’s largest police union, Governor Jay Robert Pritzker signed a bill into law that makes it easier for non-citizens to become police officers in Illinois. On July 28, Pritzker signed HB3751 into law, allowing anyone with a valid work visa to apply to become a police officer in Illinois. According to the bill’s language, anyone who is eligible to work in the United States under federal law or against whom U.S. …