{"id":1987847,"date":"2023-08-01T14:43:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T18:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jb-pritzker-signs-bill-allowing-noncitizens-to-become-illinois-police-officers\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T14:44:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T18:44:09","slug":"jb-pritzker-signs-bill-allowing-noncitizens-to-become-illinois-police-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jb-pritzker-signs-bill-allowing-noncitizens-to-become-illinois-police-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"JB Pritzker approves law permitting noncitizens to serve as police officers in Illinois."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjb-pritzker-signs-bill-allowing-noncitizens-to-become-illinois-police-officers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1987847&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Gov. J.B. Pritzker Faces Conservative Scrutiny Over New Law Allowing\u200c Non-U.S. Citizens to Become \u2062Police Officers<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. \u2064J.B. \u200bPritzker (D-IL) is \u200bunder fire from \u2062conservatives after signing a groundbreaking law that will \u200bopen up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-attorney-general-taps-abolish-ice-activist-as-special-adviser\/\" title=\"NY Attorney General Taps \u2018Abolish ICE\u2019 Activist as Special Adviser\">law enforcement jobs<\/a> to non-U.S. citizens. Republican lawmakers argue that this move will allow illegal immigrants to become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won't Enforce COVID Curfew\">police officers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pritzker recently signed H.B. 3751 \u2064into \u2064law, \u200bfollowing its successful passage through both \u200dchambers\u2062 of the General Assembly. Despite opposition\u200c from GOP officials\u200d at the state and national level, Illinois&#8217;s Democratic trifecta enables\u200b progressive\u200b policies to become law.<\/p>\n<h3>The New Law: \u200bOpening Doors for Non-Citizens<\/h3>\n<p>Under H.B. 3751, starting \u200bfrom January 1, 2024, &#8220;individuals who \u2062are not citizens,\u2062 but are legally authorized to work in the \u2062United States under federal law&#8221; will be eligible to apply for \u2062positions within police departments.<\/p>\n<p>This provision has sparked outrage among Republicans, with state Rep. Mary Miller describing\u200b it as &#8220;madness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;At 5 p.m. yesterday, when no one was paying attention, Pritzker signed a bill to allow illegal immigrants to become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-selects-pamela-smith-as-police-chief-as-crime-in-district-soars\/\" title=\"Pamela Smith chosen as DC police chief amidst rising crime.\">police \u2062officers<\/a>, giving non-citizens\u2064 the power to arrest citizens\u2062 in our state,&#8221; she \u2062tweeted. &#8220;No\u200c sane state would\u200b allow foreign nationals to arrest their citizens, this is madness!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>National Republicans,\u200b including U.S. Rep. Lauren\u200c Boebert (R-CO), have also voiced their \u2062opposition to the new law. Boebert \u200btook to X (formerly known as Twitter) to criticize the legislation, stating, &#8220;In the state of \u200cIllinois, illegals can now become police officers. Yes, you \u200dheard that\u200c right. People \u2063who are breaking the law\u2063 by their presence\u2064 here \u200bcan now arrest American \u2063citizens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Boebert further warned that other blue states\u200b might \u200cfollow suit, saying, &#8220;You know the\u2062 other blue states are watching and getting ready to \u200cimplement this idea as soon as they can! We either address this border crisis or allow our country to descend\u2062 further\u200b into \u2063a Leftist dystopia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, \u2064the\u200d bill did receive support from the Illinois \u2064Municipal League\u2064 and the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #7. The \u200dIllinois Association of Chiefs of Police initially\u200d opposed the measure but later\u200b changed its stance to neutrality.<\/p>\n<p>Defending the new law, Gov. Pritzker emphasized during\u2063 a press conference that it would only apply to individuals who are legally \u200bauthorized\u200c to work in the U.S. and are also legally allowed to possess firearms.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe have the ability for\u2064 people who are legally here in this\u200b country, and permanent residents and DACA residents, to apply \u2063for jobs as police officers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pritzker also pushed back\u200b against Republicans, accusing them of distorting the legislation and spreading misinformation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI am tired of the right <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jb-pritzker-signs-bill-allowing-noncitizens-to-become-illinois-police-officers\/\" title=\"JB Pritzker approves law permitting noncitizens to serve as police officers in Illinois.\">wing twisting \u2062things<\/a>,\u201d he said. \u201cThey put it on \u2064Facebook, they tell\u200d lies. There are people out there that \u200cthink we\u2019re just allowing anybody to \u200bbecome a police officer.\u200c That\u2019s\u2062 just not\u2064 accurate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For\u200d more\u200c information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> to visit The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) is under conservative scrutiny for approving a law that permits non-U.S. citizens to join the police force. Republicans argue this will grant law enforcement positions to undocumented immigrants. Pritzker signed H.B. 3751 last week, following its approval by both General Assembly chambers. Illinois remains a Democratic state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1987848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1987847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1987848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}