* The latest outrage of the day started with a federal government press release…
In Governor J.B. Pritzker’s Illinois, Illegal Alien Is Working as a Sworn Police Office with Badge, Gun, and a Pension
Release Date: October 16, 2025
It is a felony for an illegal alien to possess a firearm
WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced the arrest of Radule Bojovic, an illegal alien from Montenegro, who was working as a sworn police officer with the Hanover Park Police Department in sanctuary state Illinois. Radule Bojovic was encountered during a targeted enforcement action as part of Operation Midway Blitz.
Hanover Park Police Department records confirm, Radule Bojovic was approved by the Pension Fund Board of Trustees in January 2025 and was eligible to receive a starting salary of $78,955.70. Additional records indicate his 2025 earnings cost taxpayers $205,707 including $9,276 for FICA/Medicare taxes.
“Governor J.B. Pritzker doesn’t just allow violent illegal aliens to terrorize Illinois’s communities, he allows illegal aliens to work as sworn police officers. Radule Bojovic violated our nation’s laws and was living ILLEGALLY in the United States for 10 years—what kind of police department gives criminal illegal aliens badges and guns? It’s a felony for aliens to even possess a firearm. A so-called law enforcement officer who is actively breaking the law,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Under President Trump and Secretary Noem ICE is restoring law and order. Criminal illegal aliens have NO PLACE in our communities, especially on our police forces.”
* Except, Bojovic was apparently cleared by an FBI background check and the village said its officials were informed by the feds that he had legal authorization to be in the country…
“Before hiring Officer Bojovic, the Village confirmed that he was legally authorized by the federal government to work in the United States,” the village’s statement read. At the time of his hire, Bojovic provided a valid and recently renewed work authorization card, which was issued by Citizenship and Immigration Services, the village stated, noting that it also conducted a full background check into Bojovic’s criminal history with both the Illinois State Police and the FBI.
“Clearly, without that authorization, the Village would not have hired him,” the village stated. “Additionally, the Village has not received any notice from any federal or state agency that his work authorization status had even been revoked.” […]
“(The Village) also confirmed, based on a memorandum issued by the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on January, 5, 2024, that (Bojovic’s) immigration status allows him to carry a firearm while on duty.”
As he was being taken away, Bojovic told a right-wing influencer embedded with federal police that he did not have a FOID card. Police in Illinois are not required to have a FOID card for on-duty responsibilities. They cannot possess firearms when not on duty, however.
The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board cleared Bojovic in August for police duty, but ILETSB’s backgroud investigation is only limited to conduct and criminality. “We are not the employing agency,” a board official said. “Under federal law, it’s the employer’s obligation to ensure citizenship or that the person they’re employing is here legally,” which the village claims to have done.
* Despite the reported facts, Fox News is all-in on the hype…
Sandra Smith: Wow. It is actually hard to believe what we’re reporting here. I mean, in JB Pritzker’s Illinois, an illegal alien is working as a sworn-in police officer with a badge with a gun and a pension. Your reaction?
Chief Border Patrol Agent Greg Bovino: Well, Sandra and John, it’s good to be with you again, thanks for having me. It’s unbelievable that the state of Illinois and Governor JB Pritzker would hand an illegal alien a weapon. Title 18, USC, ocde 922, says it’s a felony for an illegal alien to possess or own a firearm. But yet, here we have an illegal alien with a firearm in the state of Illinois, as per JB Pritzker and those leaders. It’s absolutely amazing what’s going on here in Illinois. We do have a crime problem here. This is yet another example of the out of control crime problem, this time perpetrated by the state in Illinois.
Sandra Smith: This is JB Pritzker, however, this is earlier today, Greg claiming that it’s President Trump’s actions that are bad, that they echo authoritarianism as he is deploying his policies.
JB Pritzker video clip: Trump is looking to cause mayhem and lay the foundation for actions far more craven. We cannot accept any of this as normal, and we cannot remain silent. We must continue to call this what it is, a dangerous power grab that echoes the rise of authoritarianism and authoritarian regimes throughout world history.
Smith: I thought he woke up and he was actually talking about this illegal alien from Montenegro who was sworn as a police officer. But no, he’s talking about President Donald Trump. Greg?
Bovino: Sandra, at this point, I think JB Pritzker has more in common with drug cartels, terrorist drug cartels than he does with American citizens. He calls us terrorists, thugs all the while there’s $50,000 bounties on the heads of American law enforcement. And he takes this approach. You know, I think he’s got more in common again, with terrorist cartels than he does his own citizens.
Doubt has been cast on that bounty claim. And the feds have not yet mentioned these alleged threats in their court filings over federalizing the National Guard here.
- Excitable Boy - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 9:09 am:
- there’s $50,000 bounties -
He must be confused, that’s actually the fee his boss requires for government contracts.
- Socially DIstant Watcher - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 9:12 am:
==He must be confused, that’s actually the fee his boss requires for government contracts. ==
Maybe, but that’s also the maximum bonus for signing up to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- City Zen - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 9:13 am:
You think drug cartel members are winning $1.4 million in Vegas?
- Norseman - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 9:18 am:
Disbelieve everything until verified. The mode of operation for the secret police is to lie and exaggerate to obtain Miller’s quota and back up the phony terrorist narrative.
- Excitable Boy - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 9:21 am:
Also, in case Bovino isn’t familiar with them, cartels have armed masked men kidnap people pretty frequently.
- no use for (nick)name - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 9:22 am:
i don’t think anyone on the side of the january 6th attackers has any room to say someone else is on the side of terrorists
- I-55 Fanatic - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 9:23 am:
Obviously some party in this situation is mistaken or lying. Either the Village of Hanover Park or the Federal government don’t have their story right. Does anyone want to take bets on which of those two entities is spreading misleading or incomplete information? I have a hunch.
- Norseman - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 9:28 am:
=== Bojovic told a right-wing influencer embedded with federal police ===
Lesson of the day. Don’t talk to anyone without a badge. Especially, if it’s Dr. Phil. And limit what you say to a badge without having a lawyer.
- Grandson of Man - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 9:31 am:
The horror, an “illegal alien” working to help his community. Is that how Jesus would refer to people and treat them? And wait, don’t Republicans and right wingers hate gun regulations and have been repealing them?
“Trump is looking to cause mayhem and lay the foundation for actions far more craven. We cannot accept any of this as normal.”
Total right wing gaslighting. Trump is causing mayhem and Illinois will not accept it as normal.
The best thing about Trump for
- Bigtwich - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 9:33 am:
In President Trump’s America, Illegal Alien Is Working as a Sworn Police Office with Badge, Gun, and a Pension
- JS Mill - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 9:34 am:
Bovino is kind of funny since it is his agency that is acting illegally and completely without authority. THEY are acting like the cartel as in against the law. Unless Chicago somehow moved 180 miles closer to Canada. The cpb is only lawfully entitled to a range up to 100 miles from the border. Not 100 miles from a state that has a border with a foreign country.
Also, and I already know the answer, why are “influencers” imbedded with federal agencies? Are they trying to sell trump meme coins?
- Steve - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 9:37 am:
- Is that how Jesus would refer to people and treat them? -
Nothing like Jesus respecting the Old Testament…
Matthew 5:17
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
- John Lopez - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 9:52 am:
Homeland Security, as reported on CNN, states the police officer tourist visa expired in 2015, yet background check said he was authorized to work in the USA?
The truth will come out in court.
- Big Dipper - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 9:55 am:
The OT also says charging interest is a sin and women who are menstruating should be shunned, Steve.
- Excitable Boy - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 10:00 am:
- The truth will come out in court. -
Either way it goes, what does any of this have to do with JB Pritzker? Are republicans so dumb they believe the Governor is involved in hiring cops at the Village of Hanover Park?
And yes I know the answer to that question.
- Pundent - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 10:01 am:
So the feds are going to criminalize a guy working in law enforcement? I guess we’ve just made the leap of treating any foreign born individuals as terrorists, even if they’re cops.
- Dan Johnson - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 10:03 am:
This is the result of all these masked troops - teenagers and sick moms getting deported.
Gift article from the NYTimes. Really sad. (Excellent reporting)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/us/ice-immigration-deportations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uE8.BEeB.pZ1fRYhZYztQ&smid=url-share
- Pundent - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 10:08 am:
=Homeland Security, as reported on CNN, states the police officer tourist visa expired in 2015, yet background check said he was authorized to work in the USA?=
The feds control the background check (FBI) and authorization process. So to the extent they’re “right” they’re also incompetent. It’s inconceivable that Hanover Park would knowingly hire someone without work authorization.
- Big Dipper - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 10:14 am:
==treating any foreign born individuals as terrorists==
With two of the three wives of 45/47 being foreign born.
- JS Mill - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 10:18 am:
Bovino’s comments are insane. Taking a page from trump, Pritzker should sue him for defamation.
How many Jan 6 convict are working for ICE now? How many has Greg hired in cbp?
- West Side the Best Side - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 10:22 am:
Tough choice today, who am I going to believe? Bovino and ALLCAPS McLaughlin or Hanover Park? That’s a tough one. Not.
- Chooch - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 10:28 am:
A very similar incident happened in maine
- ChrisB - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 10:35 am:
So Gov. Pritzker is supposed to personally oversee the hiring of every single local police officer within the state of Illinois? That seems excessive and not at all “small government”.
It also sounds like the HPPD did everything by the book, which is more than Bovino’s ICE agents can say.
- Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 10:59 am:
Notice these posts are absent the commenters claiming there are “moderate” Republicans out there waiting to take the helm?
- sulla - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 11:00 am:
First, it was ICE hitting CPD with pepper spray, now ICE is dragging a uniformed officer off of his assignment?
I think John Catanzara and the FOP should stand up and start defending their brothers in uniform.
- Anyone Remember - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 11:19 am:
Homeland Security was created in a slapdash fashion, and their data systems reflect that. Anyone remember TSA, the 4 year old, & “David Nelson” ???
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna10725741
- VK - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 11:27 am:
Once again, being lied to constantly is exhausting.
- Walker - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 12:13 pm:
If Bonino’s goal is not to have out-of-control officers, who unnecessarily endanger and abuse the public, then he ought to focus more on his recruiting, training and leadership, than on performance as a political shill.
- Norseman - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 12:28 pm:
=== How many Jan 6 convict are working for ICE now? How many has Greg hired in cbp? ===
We’re certainly not going to find out from Bovino and the secret police. We might see information as the result of Hackers. From The New Republic:
- Formerly Unemployed - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 12:39 pm:
My basic rule is that you can’t cite the Hebrew Bible in political debates if you also eat pork.
- ArchPundit - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 3:10 pm:
The feds have been pulling legal status on many people so it is entirely possible the officer had legal status and DHS pulled it. They also may have known that he was an officer and looked for a way to pull his status for exactly this media hit.
- Jibba - Friday, Oct 17, 25 @ 3:51 pm:
“Sandra, at this point, I think JB Pritzker has more in common with drug cartels, terrorist drug cartels than he does with American citizens.”
Remember when government officials acted with professionalism and dignity, and refrained from bald-faced lies?