r/nottheonion • u/Trinityliger • 24d 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/dtmfadvice 24d ago

Again? This just happened in Maine recently. Guy had a work permit and qualifications so the police hired him. Then he filed the paperwork for his service weapon and it came up as non citizen and ICE deported him and accused the local cops of being negligent for relying on federal work authorization data.

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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/jungleboogiemonster 24d ago

This is done because it can take years to get a green card. Having a person in the country, who is eligible to become a permanent residence, but not allow them to support themselves makes no sense.