Governor J.B. Pritzker (D-IL)  signed a bill on Friday that will allow foreign nationals in the state to become police officers. 

The bill, which was opposed by some police groups, including the Fraternal Order of Police, was one of 130 bills Pritzker signed on Friday. Effective immediately, foreign nationals will now be able to become police officers in the state. 

The law, HB3751, says that foreign nationals who “are legally authorized under federal law to work in the United States” or any foreign national who “is an individual against whom immigration action has been deferred by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) process” can apply to become a police officer in the state. 

The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) condemned the bill earlier this year after it passed in the state House. 

“What message does this legislation send when it allows people who do not have legal status to become the enforcers of our laws?” the group said in a statement. “This is a potential crisis of confidence in law enforcement at a time when our officers need all the public confidence they can get.”

During debate on the bill, Illinois state Sen. Chapin Rose (R) said it would be a “fundamental breach” of democracy to allow non-citizens to arrest American citizens. 

“It’s just a fundamentally bad idea,” Rose said in May. “I don’t care where this individual is from. Australia — they should not be able to arrest a United States citizen on United States soil.” 

Illinois has been facing shortages of police officers as the state and major metro areas like Chicago have pursued policies largely opposed by police. 

Pritzker signed several other controversial bills, including one requiring state agencies to add “non-binary” or “gender non-conforming” categories to employment reports.

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Another bill signed this week targets crisis pregnancy centers. The law will now allow Illinois’ attorney general to investigate a case of alleged consumer fraud against crisis pregnancy centers accused of deceptive practices. The law is largely taking aim at pro-life centers that suggest an association between abortion and breast cancer or infertility. 

Right to Life Executive Director Mary Kate Zander said that the measure was “politically motivated” and “totally unsubstantiated.”

The Thomas More Society, a conservative law firm that fights in defense of religious liberty and free speech, filed a suit against the law on Thursday. 

“This law is a blatant attempt to chill and silence pro-life speech under the guise of ‘consumer protection,’” said Peter Breen, Thomas More Society executive vice president and head of litigation. “Pregnancy help ministries provide real options and assistance to women and families in need, but instead of the praise they deserve, pro-abortion politicians are targeting these ministries with $50,000 fines and injunctions solely because of their pro-life viewpoint.”

Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) reportedly slammed a group of high school-aged Senate pages during a late-night tour this week of the U.S. Capitol.

In response to condemnation from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Van Orden defended his comments and slammed the Democrat, saying he should “think twice before throwing stones in glass houses.”

The former U.S. Navy SEAL was giving a tour to a large group of visitors during the early morning hours on Thursday when he stumbled upon the pages laying on the ground of the Capitol Rotunda taking pictures of the building’s dome.

“Wake the f*** up you little s***s,” Van Orden said, according to a transcript created by one of the pages shortly after the incident occurred. “What the f*** are you all doing? Get the f*** out of here. You are defiling the space you [pieces of s***].”

“Who the f*** are you?” Van Orden reportedly asked, and one individual said they were Senate pages. “I don’t give a f*** who you are, get out. You jacka**es, get out.”

Van Orden’s remarks angered Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who both condemned Van Orden.

“I was shocked when I heard about it, and I am further shocked at his refusal to apologize to these young people,” Schumer said. “I can’t speak for the House of Representatives, but I do not think that one member’s disrespect is shared by this body, by Leader McConnell and myself.”

A Van Orden spokesperson responded to the condemnation, telling Fox News, “Chuck Schumer should think twice before throwing stones in glass houses.”

“Chuck Schumer is a lifelong political hack who never resists an opportunity to insert himself in front of a camera. When will Schumer hold his own party to the same standard?” National Republican Congressional Committee spokesperson Jack Pandol also told Fox News.

Van Orden refused to apologize over the incident and instead doubled down in subsequent media interviews, where he explained why the pages’ actions infuriated him.

“The Capitol Rotunda served as a field hospital where countless Union soldiers died fighting to free men in the Civil War,” Van Orden said in the statement. “I have long said our nation’s Capitol is a symbol of the sacrifice our servicemen and women have made for this country and should never be treated like a frat house common room. Threatening a congressman with bad press to excuse poor behavior is a reminder of everything that’s wrong with Washington. Luckily, bad press has never bothered me and if it’s the price I pay to stand up for what’s right, then so be it.”

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Van Orden infuriated the political Left back in 2021 when he allegedly went into a library and “complained loudly about a display of fiction and nonfiction books about homosexuality in the children’s section” during Pride Month, according to the Associated Press.

He reportedly said in a complaint to the library that the books were propaganda designed to skew “young people to think Republicans are not inclusive.”

The report said that he ended up checking out every book from the display so that there were no books left for people to see.