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FIRST ON FOX: A Republican lawmaker is transferring to dam states from permitting individuals who come to the U.S. illegally or are residing right here illegally to grow to be cops.
Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., launched a invoice this week to halt federal funds to legislation enforcement businesses that make use of unlawful immigrants as officers.
“My husband, Matt, he serves our group as a primary responder, as a firefighter, and as a SWAT medic. And so we have now actually shut ties to the legislation enforcement group. And it has been actually irritating to see the challenges that they’ve undergone within the final decade,” Cammack instructed Fox Information Digital in an interview Thursday.
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“And, you realize, being a conservative, we have watched your complete defund police motion—and now it is come round to the place, due to retention and recruitment challenges because of the regressive left’s actions, now departments are so determined that they are trying to rent illegals to fill their ranks. And it’s horrifying.”
Along with blocking funds for police departments in the event that they rent unlawful immigrants as officers, the invoice would mandate that solely U.S. residents can function legislation enforcement officers.
It comes after Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a Jamaican nationwide for allegedly trying to buy a firearm illegally whereas working as a reserve police officer in Maine.

Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., leaves a gathering of the Home Republican Convention within the U.S. Capitol on March 11, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc through Getty Pictures)
Federal officers mentioned the person, Jon Luke Evans, overstayed his visa after having legally entered the U.S. in 2023. He reportedly mentioned he wished to buy the firearm in connection to his legislation enforcement position.
Chief Elise Chard of the Outdated Orchard Seaside Police Division mentioned Evans was cleared to work by the Division of Homeland Safety’s (DHS) e-Confirm system in Could of this yr.
Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin instructed native outlet WMTW that the division’s “reckless reliance on E-Confirm” didn’t “absolve” it of its “authorized responsibility to confirm documentation authenticity.”
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In the meantime, a number of states, together with California, Illinois and Colorado, have legal guidelines permitting non-citizens with work authorization, comparable to DACA recipients, to grow to be cops.
The Deferred Motion for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) coverage shields individuals dropped at the U.S. illegally as youngsters from deportation and who wouldn’t in any other case have authorized standing.