POST MILLENIAL – A Washington state sheriff has taken a firm stand against a proposed bill that would permit noncitizens to become law enforcement officers, granting them the ability to take away the constitutional rights of US citizens. Keith Swank, the Sheriff of Pierce County, urged state lawmakers to reject the legislation, asserting on Wednesday that noncitizens should never be allowed to hold such positions of power. The sheriff made it clear that if the bill were to pass, his office would reject all applicants who are not American citizens.
Swank, who assumed office in January, wrote about the matter on X, saying, “SB 5068 allows police agencies to hire non-citizens to be police officers and deputies. This means that non-citizens will be able to take away the rights (detain, arrest, shoot, kill) of citizens. I’m shocked that every state senator voted for this bill.”
