OUTRAGEOUS: Connecticut Town Allows Noncitizens to Serve as Police Officers

Under the new guidance, approved in an 18-2 vote, non-citizen legal residents and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients living in Danbury are allowed to serve as police officers in Danbury.

One city council member, Democrat Joe Britton, remarked that the vote “sends a message to our immigrant community at large that you are welcome in Danbury.”

ICE operations in the area resulted in more than 60 arrests, according to local reports. The arrests prompted public outrage in the community, including from city officials such as Britton, who called the raids “frightening.”

The only two council members to vote against the measure were Republicans, while the council’s 17 Democrats and one Republican voted in favor.

Before the vote, Britton said that “what we have here is an opportunity.” He noted that “though this definitely wasn’t planned to be on the agenda on the end of a federal invasion of immigration officials in Danbury … I do think it’s timely.”

“There is no reason to vote against this, and if you do vote against this, I truly question your moral compass,” he added.

Britton emphasized that this change “is legal, it’s allowed” and said it has been recommended.

Britton told Fox News Digital that “Danbury is an immigrant city, and I believe someone who is lawfully here, committed to our community, and willing to raise their hand and take an oath to protect and serve should have the opportunity to do so.”

He added that “this change does not lower Danbury’s standards for becoming a police officer. It simply allows otherwise qualified lawful permanent residents and DACA recipients to apply and compete for these positions.”

He noted that “every applicant must still satisfy the same training, background, character, and certification requirements required of any other officer,” saying, “This was about expanding the pool of qualified applicants while maintaining the same high standards our residents expect from their police department.”

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Alves grew up two streets from the library as an undocumented immigrant and obtained his citizenship in 2017, “and then I ran for office and I never looked back,” he said.

“In Connecticut, we protect democracy, we protect health care, we protect our public schools, we protect immigrants, we protect families, we protect reproductive rights, we protect our environment,” he said.

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HOLY SMOKES. Danbury, Connecticut has just voted to let noncitizens serve as police officers — and the city’s Democrat mayor just admitted HE CAME TO AMERICA ILLEGALLY

MAYOR: “I grew up undocumented. These are my neighbors.”

So an American city is run by a FOREIGN INVADER and they just voted to let non-Americans act as officers to enforce the law?

HOW IS THIS ALLOWED?!

The move came after ICE raids in the region

Un-freaking-real. NO CITY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO THIS

And he just comes out and brags he was once an illegal.

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