“Illinois is now letting illegal aliens become police officers.”
What PolitiFact found
A new Illinois law expands eligibility for becoming police officers from only U.S. citizens to people who are legally allowed both to work in the U.S. and own a firearm. This includes legal permanent residents.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ron DeSantis (Florida Governor) made this claim around 30 July 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 August 2023, 12 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Ron DeSantis has 64 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 38 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
Where the claim appeared
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