Seemed extremely odd to me, though 10K is not really a large amount. Does it seem to much to ask that people who are in law enforcement should also be citizens?
Again --- why? What does one have to do with the other?
See that question above -- "why"?
Summa y'all never stop to ask that.
Sure some non citizens may make great cops, but in general you WANT to have people with more connection to the community, country etc. Why would the DOJ fine them?
Whelp ---- that's right there in your own link:
>> Under the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Act, the sheriff’s department should have considered job applications from any work-authorized immigrant. Instead, the department made citizenship a job requirement in its employment postings.<<
It's the Law. One that dates back I believe over fifty years.
I've certainly worked with (and for) eminently quailified people who didn't happen to be citizens of this country. Haven't you?
Your article also notes:
>> The department needed
a larger staff to ease deputy fatigue and reduce millions it was a spending in overtime. The move also was expected to give sergeants more time to supervise deputies rather than filling gaps in schedules inside the city’s two jails. <<
-- which is all the more reason to keep one's options more numerous, not less.
