Seattle police, facing manpower shortage, to hire illegal immigrants…

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** Seattle police, facing manpower shortage, to hire illegal immigrants with DACA status as cops**

https://lawenforcementtoday.com/seattle-police-facing-manpower-shortage-to-hire-illegal-aliens-who-have-daca-status-as-police-officers

SEATTLE, WA - Seattle is joining the growing list of left wing cities that have decided to turn to illegal aliens to fill the ever-increasing void in the ranks of their police department, following cities such as Los Angeles. This is due to severe understaffing that has gutted many large city departments in primarily blue cities.

I know the LAPD is doing this even though the US DoJ is telling them those immigrants can’t carry firearms.

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Just another of the many reasons to avoid Seattle. Nothing surprises me anymore…

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U.S. Department of Justice
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Office of Enforcement Programs and Services
www.atf.gov

January 5, 2024

Police Executive Research Forum
1120 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 930
Washington, DC 20036

Dear Chief Adrian Diaz:

This letter is in response to your inquiry to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on behalf of the Police Executive Research Forum. You inquired whether law enforcement officers granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) by the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), may lawfully possess firearms in performance of their official duties with a government law enforcement agency.

Pursuant to the Gun Control Act (GCA), it is unlawful for any person who is an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States to receive any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A). The federal DACA process does not provide lawful status to an alien, therefore, individuals granted DACA generally are prohibited from receiving or possessing firearms or ammunition under § 922(g)(5)(A).

Limited exceptions apply to firearms disabilities contained in 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), including an exception for firearms and ammunition issued for the use of any federal, state, or local department or agency. See 18 U.S.C. § 925(a)(1). With regard to the lawfulness of DACA recipients possessing firearms and ammunition under the GCA, it is ATF’s position that DACA recipients can possess duty firearms and ammunition as part of their official law enforcement officer duties. Specifically:

• DACA recipients who are certified law enforcement officers may, in compliance with federal law, possess firearms and ammunition issued to them by their employing government agency/department for official use in performing their official duties. DACA recipients may also possess firearms and ammunition seized as evidence or for forfeiture if the possession is in connection with their official duties.

•** If the firearms policy of a government law enforcement agency/department requires its law enforcement officers to possess a firearm (and ammunition for that firearm) at all times, DACA recipients employed as law enforcement officers may possess firearms and ammunition issued to them by their employing agency/department whether on or off duty.**

• If the firearms policy of a government law enforcement agency/department does not contain a requirement to possess a duty firearm or ammunition at all times, DACA recipients employed as law enforcement officers may only possess and carry agency/department-issued firearms and ammunition while on duty and must relinquish possession at the end of each duty period/shift.

• A DACA recipient employed as a law enforcement officer must comply with all provisions of the firearms policy of their law enforcement agency/department while possessing officially issued firearms and ammunition. Possession of firearms or ammunition in any manner inconsistent with the officer’s official duties fall outside the scope of official use, and therefore violate federal law.

• DACA recipients accepted into and currently enrolled in a law enforcement academy operated by a government entity may possess firearms and ammunition issued by the government agency/department for purposes of such training. Possession of firearms and ammunition outside of the academy, the official training period/shift, or in any manner inconsistent with official training purposes, violates federal law.

• Law enforcement officer status alone (e.g., a peace officer certification) does not qualify a DACA recipient for the exemption discussed above. Rather, the exception applies only to a law enforcement officer employed by a government agency/department possessing the firearms or ammunition for official duties with that employing agency/department. See 18 U.S.C. §925(a)(1).

• The law enforcement exception does not apply to security officers employed by private entities.

https://www.policeforum.org/assets/PERFDACAResponseLetter.pdf

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Seattle recruiters be like:

[video]https://youtube.com/shorts/xIELXjgX-i4?feature=shared[/video]

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So Seattle fired all their cops a few years ago during the defund the police movement, and now they’re going to give guns and badges to foreign illegal immigrants to police us US citizens? Insane.

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Part of me kinda thinks this was the desired outcome all along.

An officer pool composed of local citizens will mostly do what it’s told. An officer pool composed of foreign immigrants will absolutely do what it’s told and most of the individuals will be happy to do whatever is asked. You can’t really start ****ing people over until you have a no-questions-asked police force with no substantial ties to the community.

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Will they each get partnered with their own social worker?

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Has anyone checked the History Books, because this has never worked for anyone who tried it. Ask the Romans.

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In effect, enemy troops occupying your Country after you’ve been conquered. That’s the way I see it anyway.

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It’s kind of amazing how fast Seattle basically became Portland. It was such a cool city not that long ago.

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They are both trying to out San Francisco San Francisco.

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I assume this will entail mostly kartel nforsers. Will the next largest subset be chyneze speshal forces or moslime xtremests?

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https://www.kuow.org/stories/did-seattle-defund-the-police

Still not getting on board with the concepts of leftists(aka, socialists, communists) eliminating police. Leftist.gov countries are typically known as police states for a reason and unfortunately subjugation has never required outsourcing to foreigners.

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Exactly what I thought of. The Barbarians aren’t at the gates, they’re within them already.

But don’t worry folks, the country is fine, and we’ll just need to vote harder the next go around.

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Forum Double tap.

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Yep. The Romans always utilized mercenaries and non-Roman citizens for their auxiliary forces. But over the years, they became more and more reliant on them, and barbarians began to replace Romans in the army, until in the 200s AD, the majority of the Roman Army was made up of barbarian mercenaries, and many of the generals were not Roman citizens either. The Empire was in an almost constant state of civil war until it fell because the legions were more loyal to their generals than to Rome.

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Maybe they’ll hire some of the 30,000+ PRC troops that have entered illegally already. (What’s that, about two Divisions?)

Kinda reminds me of “Red Dawn” without the parachutes, they’re already on the ground.

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Goes hand in hand with LE being exempt from the federal ban on felons possessing firearms with the exception of Lautenberg’s domestic violence ban the FOP and some other LE groups went apeshit over not getting an exemption.