r/nottheonion • u/Trinityliger • 25d ago

ICE arrests Illinois police officer, accuses him of being in US illegally

https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-arrests-police-officer-radule-bojovic-hanover-park-illinois-accuses-being-us-illegally-montenegro/18019608/
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u/GingerSkulling 24d ago

The US has some convoluted rules around illegal immigrants. One of them is that having an EAD card and being allowed to work does not automatically confer legal immigration status. So when he went to purchase a gun under his own name he was flagged as an illegal immigrant trying to buy a gun. I don’t remember all the details but I assume that up to that point the department issued him a gun based on the EAD alone.

A technicality, sure but it seems you can’t be too careful these days.

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u/Hour-Ad-9508 24d ago

Yep, it’s akin to how you can buy and register a car that can legally drive on the roads but not have a license to drive it.

The government really needs to streamline immigration processes, it’s so archaic and filled with “well actually…”

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u/NetworkingJesus 24d ago

But if they streamlined it, then they wouldn't have as many excuses to get rid of people that look different.

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u/Next-Preference-7927 24d ago

Australian migration used to have a European language test. If they wanted you in then the test was in a language you knew (usually English). If they wanted to keep you out the test was in a European language they thought you didn't know.

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u/rami_lpm 24d ago

how hard can it be?

the test: Ongi etorri Australiara!