'A Fundamental Breach Of Democracy': Radical Leftist State Wants To Give Non-Citizens - Even DACA Illegal Immigrants - Police Powers

In the state of Illinois, another bill impacting the operations of law enforcement agencies has found its way through the radical leftist-dominated legislature and to the desk of Governor J.B. Pritzker (D-IL). Should Illinois HB 3751 become law, then non-citizens will be legally permitted to serve as police officers in the state, giving resident foreign nationals police power over American citizens for the first time since the colonial era.

House Bill 3751 passed the Illinois Senate in May and hit Pritzker's desk on June 16. The legislation states that any person "who is legally authorized under federal law to work in the United States and is authorized under federal law to obtain, carry, or purchase or otherwise possess a firearm" is permitted to be hired to "act as deputy sheriff or special policeman for the purpose of preserving the peace." This even applies to those against whom immigration action has been deferred by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) process.

According to The Center Square, Republican State Senator Chapin Rose criticized the idea saying, "To hand the power to arrest and detain a citizen of this state, or a citizen of any state in the United States, to a non-citizen is a fundamental breach of democracy," Rose said. "It is antithetical to the police power of any state."

State Sen. Neil Anderson observed, "I find this disturbing. I find it distasteful. The fact that we are passing a law that is predicated on federal law changing just shows where our priorities are." 

A 2022 appellate court ruling has left the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals executive order up in the air, it can neither be stricken by a president nor expanded. The recipients cannot be deported, but no new applicants may access it. Until it is decided by Congress, the law is up in the air, and should this bill become law, Chicago may find itself needing illegal immigrant police officers.

However, a fundamental question must be asked: How can we as a people possibly entrust those whose very presence in our country is a violation of the law with the sacrosanct duty and responsibility of enforcing those laws?

The fact that a person's legal immigration status is compromised, in and of itself, provides what legal ethics calls "the appearance of impropriety" and undermines the very premise of law enforcement.

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