In Governor J.B. Pritzker’s Illinois, taxpayers are funding one of the most shocking sanctuary state scandals to date: an illegal alien working as a sworn police officer.
His salary, benefits, and pension package together cost the public more than $205,000 this year alone.
Radule Bojovic, an illegal alien from Montenegro, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during Operation Midway Blitz on October 15.
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ICE officials confirmed Bojovic had been unlawfully living in the United States for over a decade after overstaying his B-2 visitor visa, which expired on March 31, 2015.
Despite his unlawful presence and felony ineligibility to possess a firearm, Bojovic was sworn in as an officer with the Hanover Park Police Department, a suburb of Chicago.
According to police department and pension board records, Bojovic was granted a starting salary of $78,955.70 and was approved by the Hanover Park Pension Fund Board of Trustees in January 2025.
But his overall taxpayer burden reached far higher.
In 2025 alone, Bojovic’s employment cost Illinois residents $205,707, including salary, benefits, and $9,276 in FICA and Medicare taxes.
The revelation that an illegal alien was given a badge, gun, and pension eligibility has sparked outrage across Illinois and beyond.
Federal law is explicit: illegal aliens are prohibited from owning or possessing firearms under any circumstance.
Yet under sanctuary policies supported by Pritzker, Bojovic not only carried a firearm but enforced laws while in violation of them.
ICE Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin denounced the situation, stressing that law enforcement must never be compromised by political agendas.
She argued that Governor J.B. Pritzker has allowed violent illegal aliens to terrorize Illinois communities and even permitted them to serve as sworn police officers.
McLaughlin emphasized that Radule Bojovic had violated U.S. laws and lived illegally in the country for a decade, questioning what kind of police department would hand badges and guns to criminal illegal aliens.
This is not the first time Illinois authorities have ignored federal law in pursuit of sanctuary policies.
ICE officials noted this was the second known case in recent months where a local police department hired an illegal alien and unlawfully issued a firearm for official duty.
These reckless practices not only undermine public safety but also force taxpayers to subsidize illegal activity.
With Bojovic now in ICE custody, questions remain about how he was ever allowed to wear the uniform, collect a paycheck, and drain hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars while violating the very laws he was sworn to uphold.
