Illinois Rep. Barbara Hernandez introduced legislation that would allow DACA recipients to be considered for law enforcement positions statewide.
It's been a long day as the police chief from Blue Island just returned from Springfield after he and a new hire, who is a DACA recipient, testified at a Legislative Committee meeting Thursday morning.
"I was scared. It was my first time going to Springfield," said Blue Island Police Officer Mitchell Soto-Rodriguez. Last month, Hernandez introduced legislation that would allow DACA recipients to be considered for law enforcement positions statewide., a school safety officer just hired to be a police officer.With a vote of 9 to 4 Thursday, the bill moves out of committee to the full house floor.
"If you are allowing an officer to leave the police department, are they in uniform or are they not in uniform, people recognize law enforcement officers," Cabello said.
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