<p>A controversial new bill in Illinois would ban federal immigration agents hired under the Trump administration from ever working as local police in the sanctuary state.</p>
<p>Democratic Illinois State Senator Laura Fine, who is also running for Congress, introduced the <a href="https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?GAID=18&amp;DocNum=2820&amp;DocTypeID=SB&amp;LegId=0&amp;SessionID=114" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legislation</a> after the two recent fatal shootings in Minneapolis involving federal immigration authorities. Fine called the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti &#8220;a glass break moment,&#8221; adding, &#8220;enough is enough.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It is blatantly obvious that ICE officers are not going through extensive training. Hiring ICE agents for our local and state police force is not a priority, keeping our communities safe is. And my bill aims to do just that,&#8221; Fine said in a separate post.</p>
<p>&#8220;The message is simple: If you enabled the cruelty of the Trump administration, you don’t get to wear a badge in Illinois,&#8221; she earlier said.</p>
<p>The bill lays out &#8220;that a law enforcement agency may not hire &#8230; any person who was hired as a federal immigration officer by the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement between January 20, 2025 and January 20, 2029.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I’m headed to Springfield to urge my colleagues to support my bill banning Trump’s unqualified ICE hires from ever serving in state and local law enforcement in Illinois. Enough is enough. I’m doing this for the safety of all Illinoisans. In Congress, I will continue to fight to… <a href="https://t.co/rd5OMfFlj8">pic.twitter.com/rd5OMfFlj8</a></p>
<p>— Laura Fine for Congress (@laurafineforIL9) <a href="https://twitter.com/laurafineforIL9/status/2011184130361323576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2026</a></p></blockquote>
<p>The Department of Homeland Security hit back at Fine&#8217;s proposal, with Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin telling The Daily Wire that the Democratic lawmaker is wrongly villainizing ICE agents who are taking criminal illegal immigrants off the streets after they were released under sanctuary policies.</p>
<p>“Illinois sanctuary politicians are falsely casting federal law enforcement as villains while ICE officers are being targeted, threatened, and doxxed simply for doing their jobs and enforcing our nation’s laws. Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, ICE is held to the highest professional standard and officers regularly receive ongoing training,&#8221; McLaughlin said.</p>
<p>&#8220;As our brave law enforcement arrests and removes dangerous criminal illegal aliens, including murderers, rapists, and gang members from our communities, America can be proud of the professionalism our officers bring to the job day-in and day-out. Instead of working with us, Illinois sanctuary politicians RELEASE violent criminals from their jails directly back into our communities to perpetrate more crimes and create more victims,&#8221; she added.</p>
<p>Since January 20, Illinois authorities have released 1,768 criminal illegal immigrants who account for 5 homicides, 141 assaults, 23 burglaries, 4 robberies, 24 drug offenses, 15 weapons offenses, and 10 sexual predatory offenses, according to McLaughlin.</p>
<p>There are 4,015 illegal immigrants in Illinois with ICE detainer requests for a transfer to federal custody. Those targets account for 51 homicides, 1,134 assaults, 107 burglaries, 36 robberies, 275 dangerous drugs offenses, 120 weapons offenses, and 813 sexual predatory offenses.</p>
<p>The sanctuary state currently allows noncitizens to serve as police officers. ICE nabbed an illegal immigrant from Montenegro in October who was working as a police officer for the Hanover Police Department in Illinois.</p>
<p>A judge subsequently granted his immigration bond, leading the police department to bring him back on.</p>

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