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ICE arrests police officer, says he was in US illegally
Officer Radule Bojovic overstayed his visa by over 10 years and was arrested during Operation Midway Blitz, highlighting concerns over immigration checks in local police hiring.
- On Wednesday, Radule Bojovic, a Hanover Park police officer, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and processed at the Broadview ICE facility in suburban Chicago.
- DHS says Bojovic overstayed a B-2 tourist visa that expired in 2015 and was encountered during Operation Midway Blitz earlier this week.
- Hanover Park officials say they confirmed his work authorization before hiring him this year, insisting the Hanover Park Police Department ran full background checks and accepted a valid Work Authorization Card issued by federal immigration services.
- Hanover Park placed Bojovic on administrative leave while immigration proceedings move forward; it wasn’t clear on Friday where he was processed or if he had retained an attorney, and he showed his employee identification card at arrest.
- ICE warned that illegal migrants cannot possess firearms and flagged this as the second known instance in recent months, while accusing Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker of ignoring federal laws, Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said.
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Despite having been on his visa for 10 years in the U.S., an immigrant managed to become a police officer until an ICE operative detected him
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Leaning Left1Leaning Right3Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution43% Center, 43% Right
Bias Distribution
- 43% of the sources are Center, 43% of the sources lean Right
43% Right
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C 43%
R 43%
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