Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a sworn Chicago-area police officer who overstayed his visa.
The officer, Radule Bojovic, is an immigrant from Montenegro who overstayed his B-2 visitor visa by over a decade. He served as a police officer for the Hanover Park Police Department.
The Department of Homeland Security pinned Bojovic’s hiring on Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL).
“Governor J.B. Pritzker doesn’t just allow violent illegal aliens to terrorize Illinois’s communities, he allows illegal aliens to work as sworn police officers,” DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said in a press release.
“Radule Bojovic violated our nation’s laws and was living ILLEGALLY in the United States for 10 years—what kind of police department gives criminal illegal aliens badges and guns? It’s a felony for aliens to even possess a firearm. A so-called law enforcement officer who is actively breaking the law. Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, ICE is restoring law and order. Criminal illegal aliens have NO PLACE in our communities, especially on our police forces,” she added.
Bojovic was accepted into the Hanover Park Police Pension Fund in January with a starting salary of nearly $79,000, ICE shared in a press release. He graduated from the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy in August this year.
ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Chicago Field Office Director Sam Olson said it was the second known instance in recent months of a local police department hiring an illegal immigrant.
Bojovic was arrested as part of Operation “Midway Blitz.” The Trump administration has said more than 1,500 illegal immigrants have been arrested as part of the operation.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blasted Pritzker for allowing the officer to serve in the community.
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“Sanctuary-state Illinois, under @GovPritzker, is completely corrupt. @ICEgov arrested an illegal alien working as a sworn POLICE OFFICER in a Chicago suburb. Radical sanctuary politicians have allowed criminal illegal aliens to infiltrate our school districts, communities, and even police departments. President Trump and I will continue to put the safety of Americans FIRST,” she wrote on X.
Hanover Park is a suburb of Chicago located about 34 miles away from the city.
