DACA recipients now eligible to be cops in Washington
This year, Washington joined four other states in opening police jobs to DACA recipients, in a new program aimed at addressing law enforcement shortages while intending to make officer ranks better reflect their communities.
Washington offers some unique opportunities for Dreamers, as those in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals are commonly called, including access to college financial aid and professional licenses in fields like teaching and nursing. But until this July, becoming a police officer was excluded from that list.
Introduced by former President Barack Obama in 2012, the DACA program protects immigrants who came to the United States as children from deportation.
California, Colorado, Illinois and New Jersey also allow DACA recipients to apply to be police officers, said Sen. John Lovick, D-Mill Creek, a retired trooper of 30 years who sponsored the bill in the Legislature to start a similar program here.
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