ILLINOIS (ECWd) –
House Bill 3571 passed both Houses this past week with Senate Floor Amendment 1.
SA1 permits counties and municipalities to hire non-citizens as deputy sheriffs and police officers in the same manner as hiring U.S. citizens, as long as they are: “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, or who is an individual 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 and is authorized under federal law to obtain, carry, or purchase or otherwise possess a firearm”
What this means in Illinois, is that you may soon see non-US citizens wearing police badges, with arrest powers over US citizens. Senator Rose spoke against its passage, suggesting it would violate the United States Constitution.
Senate passed the bill with SA1 on May 18, and the House concurred on May 19.
The only Senate “NO” votes were from Anderson, Bennett, Bryant, Chesney, Curran, DeWitte, Fowler, Harriss, Joyce, Lewis, McClure, Plummer, Preston, Rezin, Rose, Stoller, Syverson, Tracy, Turner S, and Wilcox.
Senate Republican Leader Dan McConchie voted in favor of this bill.
The only House “NO” votes were from Davis Jed, Caulkins, Halbrook, Miller, Niemerg, Weber, and Wilhour.
House Republican Leader Tony M. McCombie voted in favor of this bill, as did Jason Bunting, John Cabello, Michael Coffey Jr., John Egofske, Amy Elik, Amy Grant, Mike Marron, and others.
This bill is currently awaiting the governor’s signature.
*Edit 6-5-2023: It is our understanding that this Bill will do nothing unless and until federal laws are changed to permit the noncitizens referenced in this bill to legally carry firearms.
Senator Chapin Rose spoke on the subject of noncitizens arresting citizens during floor debates:
39 Comments
Anthony vittorioso
Posted at 12:31h, 30 JulyWhen an illegal alien has the power to arrest an American citizen That is the end of American freedom, It is time to take our country back from these communist politicians who now ravage the Constitution for their own personal gains. When i think of all the Americans who Died to give us the freedom we have, my heart breaks. We need to stand together !Don’t let them take our country.
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Jesse James
Posted at 15:38h, 28 JuneSo Illinois wants to increase violence against immigrants, got it. Any current cops that are of foreign descent and have an accent, understand, this law places you in danger. Americans will assume you’re an immigrant and your authority will not be respected or recognized.
Bojo Milibo
Posted at 01:01h, 21 JuneDo you really think this is going to happen just in Illinois?
They’re using that shit hole as a gateway
to set the ball rolling into the rest of our
country under the guise of not enough
Americans being on the police force
that THEY DEFUNDED!
When will enough be enough to get people
to wake up and fight back?
All this corruption and nobody is doing a God damn
thing about ANY OF IT!!
I hate to say it but I am convinced at this
point that we are fooked!
God help us all.
Rosanna Pulido
Posted at 12:44h, 21 JuneWhen I can I will post the answers I received from Washington DC Lawyers. Like everything this state does, it’s unconstitutional!
Broc
Posted at 17:23h, 10 JuneUnconstitutional….but I wonder how many KNOW their Constitution?? Sadly, those who do know are corrupt enough to prevail over the IGNORANT!!!
Rosanna Pulido
Posted at 18:41h, 10 JuneVote out ANY Republican who voted for the Bill!!
Jack B. Nimble
Posted at 19:02h, 05 JuneJust the latest in ILL-ANNOY
Thank goodness my parents saw it coming and moved out in 1956…
John Lewis
Posted at 18:19h, 04 JuneJust wait until one of these illegal cops accidentally kills a black guy while trying to arrest him.
You ain’t seen nothing yet.
george pistoff
Posted at 17:51h, 04 JuneThey won’t let American citizens have guns,but will pay illegals to carry
Janie S
Posted at 17:35h, 04 JuneAn Illinois constitutional attorney that believes in our constitution should take this ridiculous law to the Ikkinis Supreme Court and get it struck DOWN!
Robert Shane St James
Posted at 17:04h, 04 JuneThis is great , the Mex will take care of the boyz from the hood .
veritas_magi
Posted at 16:54h, 04 JuneNo, we don’t have to obey illegal aliens. Doesn’t work that way. We’ll citizen arrest them and deport them…..
John American
Posted at 16:35h, 04 JuneSo anyone who breaks our immigration laws is now authorized to enforce our laws???? Not me because I will fight back. No illegal alien will ever arrest me. Period. J
Buck Sherpa
Posted at 16:32h, 04 JuneDemocrats are EFFING INSANE!
tony s
Posted at 16:26h, 04 JuneUS citizens will go to work tomorrow same as every day, working to support their criminal government, without one word or action of resistance against this. Decades of decadence and corruption and the US citizens keep their heads down, apathetic and ignorant to the fact that they are becoming slaves in their own country to foreign interests. The US continues to be conquered and colonized without firing even one shot.
Bob
Posted at 16:19h, 04 JuneAre they going to teach the illegals to speak English? You ain’t going to arrest me speaking a language I don’t speak or understand. But then I don’t live in a garbage dump.
Pcsnider
Posted at 16:03h, 04 JuneCan’t people see the government is building up a army against us?
Stop LWW-ism
Posted at 15:52h, 04 JuneHow will these non-citizens get the cop jobs when the left wing wacho cities are defunding the police?
Bud sage
Posted at 15:25h, 04 JuneWell, looks like I don’t need to worry about going to Illinois.
Luke Pet
Posted at 14:56h, 04 JuneWho turned the crazy switch on. Let’s hope the SCOTUS chimes in on this one!! I’m going to go listen to Comfortably Numb 😑
Bill Williams
Posted at 14:38h, 04 JuneIf I fail Form 4473 not only can’t I have a right-to-carry permit, but I cannot take ownership of a gun to begin with. BUT I CAN BE A COP IN ILLINOIS?
Bill Williams
Posted at 14:35h, 04 JuneGee, how about all those “illegal alien” questions that I have to answer on Form 4473 whenever I buy a gun? Am I here illegally or unlawfully? Have I renounced my U..S. Citizenship? (apparently now I don’t even NEED U.S. Citizenship, right?) Am I fugitive from justice? Am I an alien who has been admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa? This is all complete and utter nonsense. If I’m an illegal alien I can’t posess a private right-to=carry permit under Federal law, but I can be a COP under Illinois state law?
Clown world.
Barnacle Bill the sailor
Posted at 14:16h, 04 JuneHow much corruption can we handle? Corrupt DOJ, POTUS, ELECTION!
Joe Pike
Posted at 14:14h, 04 JuneThe tyrants have an ulterior motive. It’s much easier to get. Illegal aliens to violate Constitutional protections, local regulations, and basic American morality as they carry out the orders of their masters. It’s why despots taking over a country import soldiers and law enforcement from other countries – becasue they have no attachment to the populace or their customs and culture. This easier to get the “enforcers” to order the people into box cars and off to “the camps.”
libby
Posted at 14:10h, 04 Juneyou black democrats gotta love this. you voted for it. you got it.
Donna
Posted at 14:07h, 04 JuneDoesn’t this open the door to UN style globalist police force?
Ken In Glasgow
Posted at 15:59h, 04 JuneYou Bet!!! Look at what they are doing in Canada. Their crazy laws are enforced by “non-nationals” or United Nations Enforcement Officers. Just wait for the World Health Organization to decide that Church and Family Get-Togethers are NON ESSENTIAL!
Sylvester Slobinski
Posted at 13:59h, 04 JuneThis is why every motorist needs to carry a snub nose 48 with hollow points.
Bryce lee
Posted at 13:58h, 04 JuneOxymoron ? Illegals enforcing the law ?
Just Trucking
Posted at 13:54h, 04 JuneWhat could possibly go wrong?
Digital Texan
Posted at 13:48h, 04 JuneSo individuals guilty of a crime by their very presence will enforce laws on others? What could go wrong.
GW ONE
Posted at 11:23h, 03 JuneThis is no surprise, it’s Illinois. Every Republican voting for this bill should resign. Minority Republican Leaders in the House and the Senate need to removed by their caucuses. If this becomes law in Illinois, no citizen will be arrested by a non citizen without dire consequences.
An AMERICAN CITIZEN!
Posted at 10:41h, 03 JuneCall an ambulance & the coroner because you are going to need both if you think you are going to arrest me. You want to be a cop you better have more than a fake badge!!
Kathiann
Posted at 03:56h, 02 JuneGotta give them jobs somewhere I guess but what an insult to Illinoisans. A reward for breaking our laws indeed. Seems like a lawsuit about that would be in order. Now if they could just get one of those 87,000 armed IRS jobs….wait for it…
kenan bulut
Posted at 17:16h, 04 JuneYour fellow citizens want this.
Sgt. Joe Friday (LAPD Ret.)
Posted at 16:49h, 01 JuneAll I can say is…God help us. Unfreaking believable – but not surprising – under the current “leadership” in Illinois. It’s just another step in the dismantling of United States Sovereignty.
james
Posted at 16:08h, 01 JuneSo are we talking about Russian immigrants arresting Ukrainian immigrants. What’s going on here?
Dave
Posted at 11:51h, 01 JuneMore corruption, the democrats are rewarding illegal aliens for violating our immigration laws.. The commiecrats are moving us to a One world govt
Albert Colt
Posted at 07:44h, 05 JuneUnconstitutional…. It will be court approved as unconstitutional Hey illegals………..the red lights come on I’ll pull over. If you can’t prove to me you are a real U.S. citizen….. forget you.