Danbury, Connecticut City Council Votes to Allow Noncitizens to Be Hired As Police Officers

Last summer, we reported that ICE had detained a Jamaican illegal alien who had been employed as a police officer in Maine. ICE arrested Jon Luke Evans after he illegally attempted to buy a gun as part of his job, which triggered an alert with the ATF. Last October, DHS arrested Hanover Park police officer Radule Bojovic, an illegal alien from Montenegro who overstayed his tourist visa by a decade. Governor JB Pritzker had signed an Illinois law allowing non-citizens to become armed police officers. Then-Border Commander Greg Bovino was furious: "It's unbelievable that the state of Illinois and Gov. JB Pritzker would hand an illegal alien a weapon!" That's a felony.

Now, the City of Danbury, Connecticut, has voted to allow noncitizens and DACA recipients to become law enforcement officers.

BREAKING: Danbury, CT City Council just voted to allow NON CITIZENS and DACA recipients to become police officers

They’re handing weapons to people to enforce the law who are not even allowed to carry

What is even happening pic.twitter.com/BHHO14uaH4
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 6, 2026

The feds need to end this. Pronto. @TheJusticeDept @fbi
— NewsieOne (@NewsieOne) September 6, 2026

DACA recipients can't legally posses firearms. That's a no go from the start among other things.
— 🇺🇸 America's Great (@Gunalizer) September 6, 2026

You can’t buy a gun without citizenship papers, but Danbury just green-lit badges and firearms for non-citizens and DACA.

Former LE, we swore an oath to a country, not a paperwork loophole. This isn’t compassion. It’s how you lose the street.
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) September 6, 2026

Crazy! Foreign born armed people with badges will now be enforcing laws against American citizens.
— 🇺🇸 LoneStarPatriot 🇺🇸 (@LoneStarPa00) September 6, 2026

Country music star John Rich ponders a citizen being pulled over by a noncitizen:

Do I have to obey the orders of a non-citizen if they pull me over? WTH is going on in this country?? https://t.co/F6TH3cBGJf
— John Rich🇺🇸 (@johnrich) September 8, 2026

Weird people who are for tougher gun laws would vote to have some people that cannot legally own a firearm be given a career that requires it.
— Demand more from your representatives (@InbodenHQ) September 8, 2026