Rep. Miller, Sen. Budd Lead Bill to Close Loophole Exploited by Illegal Aliens Employed as Police Officers

Rep. Miller, Sen. Budd Lead Bill to Close Loophole Exploited by Illegal Aliens Employed as Police Officers

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Mary Miller (IL-15) and Senator Ted Budd (R-NC), led several of their Republican colleagues in introducing the bicameral Stop Illegal Alien Cops Act today. The legislation is aimed at prohibiting illegal aliens who work as armed law enforcement officers from possessing firearms or ammunition provided to them by a government entity, such as a police department. This bill aligns with existing federal law that alrea…

Republicans unveil bill to block illegal immigrants from becoming armed police

As they struggled to fill their ranks amid a backlash to the blue, some local police departments turned to an unorthodox source: illegal immigrants, including those in the Obama-era DACA program, who have been issued badges and guns and sent into communities.