ICE Arrests Hanover Park Police Officer for Alleged Immigration Violations | AI News Digest
In a significant immigration enforcement action, Radule Bojovic, a police officer in Hanover Park, a suburb of Chicago, was taken into custody by ICE agents on Thursday morning. He is accused of being an undocumented immigrant from Montenegro, with the Department of Homeland Security asserting that he has been living in the U.S. illegally since his tourist visa expired in 2015. The arrest was part of a targeted operation focused on immigration violations across Illinois. Prior to his arrest, the Hanover Park Police Department had celebrated Bojovic's completion of training at the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy and noted that he was still undergoing field training. In response to the incident, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin expressed concern, highlighting the troubling question of how an individual serving in law enforcement could have resided unlawfully in the country for nearly a decade. This incident follows a similar case in Iowa involving a school superintendent who faced arrest for immigration-related offenses.
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