Posted on 04/08/2022 1:29:23 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A bill working its way through the California State Senate looks to allow non-U.S. citizens — potentially including illegal immigrants — to become law enforcement officers in the state. The law appears to be just the latest attempt by California Democrats to not only remove penalties for those who break the law by illegally entering the United States, but open up opportunities for those who may not have legal status in the United States.
SB 960, introduced by Senator Nancy Skinner — who represents Senate District 9 encompassing Oakland, Berkeley, and Richmond on the east side of San Francisco Bay — is straightforward in what it changes about current requirements regarding employment as a sworn officer of the law.
As it stands now, California law "requires peace officers in this state to meet specified minimum standards, including, among other requirements, being at least 18 years of age, being of good moral character, as determined by a thorough background investigation, and being either a citizen of the United States or a permanent resident who is eligible for and has applied for citizenship."
But Senator Skinner wants to change that to "remove the provision that requires peace officers to either be a citizen of the United States or be a permanent resident who is eligible for and has applied for citizenship."
SB 960 would also remove the remove the requirement that California Highway Patrol officers be citizens of the United States or, if not, that they become a U.S. citizen "at the earliest possible time" or have their employment terminated.
Senator Skinner, according to reports, has sought to clarify that her bill "only allows those who are living here legally and have the legal ability to work here — through a visa, a green card — to become peace officers." But neither the Legislative Counsel's Digest accompanying the bill on the California Legislature's website nor the proposed wording explicitly prohibits illegal immigrants.
The obvious question is: how could an illegal immigrant be determined as possessing "good moral character as determined by a thorough background investigation" when their first act in the United States was breaking the law and unlawfully entering the United States? Or how could non-citizens swear an oath to uphold the laws of a state and country in which they don't have or seek citizenship?
Fox News Contributor Leo Terrell highlighted the inanity of Skinner's proposed bill:
California is trying to devalue citizenship. They're trying to basically say, look, it doesn't matter. How can this person qualify in a background check? How can an illegal alien take an oath to uphold the law...when he broke the law? It's ludicrous. This is an open-border state. They're competing with New York City to basically say citizenship doesn't matter, and it tells me one thing, that until this state removes itself from being a one-party deep blue state, we're to get these crazy...open policies regarding illegal immigration. They don't want any distinction between citizenship and illegal aliens.
If an illegal immigrant entered the United States without being apprehended and proceeded to avoid run-ins with law enforcement until they seek to become a police officer, a background check presumably wouldn't show any infractions or other disqualifying information — other than of course the fact that they are in the United States illegally.
Meanwhile, the Biden administration is forging ahead with its plan to lift Title 42, a move that is set to see even more illegal immigrants enter the United States as Julio has reported from the U.S.-Mexico border.
What could go wrong?
California wants to give the Cartels Badges and Guns??? Has the CIA bosses chimed in yet over their employee’s getting these badges and guns?
Look for home invasions to increase. Why call the illegal immigrant POPO, they may be the ones that come to find out what they forgot to steal.
This will really increase the thrill factor to all those 3AM SWAT raids...
There it is, the invaders will be armed against Americans who refuse to bend the knee. Now, it is just a matter of time until they federalize the police throughout the country, a long time wish for lefties.
Application Question 1: Are you a member of MS-13?
Yes = instant hiring, you understand firearms and ‘crowd control’.
“Senator Nancy Skinner — who represents Senate District 9 encompassing Oakland, Berkeley, and Richmond on the east side of San Francisco Bay”
There must be something in their food or water that makes them completely insane. Do they ever figure in these unworkable policies into their socialist/commie Utopian fantasies?
A non-citizen telling a citizen what to do? Unlikely.
There is a huge temptation to think that this is just the Dems pandering to two of their constituencies (illegals and suburban Karens), but if one pauses to ask “cui bono?” you have to wonder.
Forget, for a moment, about the armed force. Just consider the investigatory power given to law enforcement in California. With a few taps at a keyboard, just about everything about a person is an open book. Where you live, what cars you own, what guns you might have, any restraining orders, criminal history, you name it. How long would it take China, say, to have agents hired at California police agencies?
They’re crazy, but crazy like a fox.
Soon flush toilets will be outlawed.
I don’t think mexicans get up that early.
This is the end game both the Left and Mexico want: to rule the gringos.
Think about facing an angry “police man” who is actually a foreigner that entered your country violently and illegally, and he’s got a gun.
It’s beyond insane.
And PS: it ain’t just Mexicans they’re talking about here. Imagine Chinese Communist illegals as police officers in SF. They already have a lot of Chinese “Americans” on the police force there, and about half of them speak Engrish as a Second Language.
Just think of all of the people that the Mexican Cartels can get working as cops.
Get their associates in as police, it will cut down of the bribes they have to pay to the cops now.
It will be an even bigger payday for them than it is now.
Fantabulous
California is beginning to attract flies.
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