SHOCKER: Democrat-Run Danbury Votes to Put Non-Citizens in Police Uniforms After ICE Raids — Mayor Who Grew Up Illegal Cheers the Move

While federal agents were still rounding up illegal aliens in western Connecticut, the Democrat-dominated Danbury City Council voted 18-2 to let non-citizens pin on a badge and police American citizens.

The ordinance, approved Tuesday night, opens Danbury Police Department hiring to lawful permanent residents and DACA recipients, so-called “Dreamers” who were brought here illegally as children and remain in the country under an Obama-era executive program that Congress never made law.

All 17 Democrats on the council supported the ordinance, along with one Republican. The only two opposing votes came from Republicans, according to Fox News.

Police Chief Patrick Ridenhour similarly argued that applicants will still be required to undergo background checks, psychological evaluations, medical and drug screenings, polygraph examinations, training, and civil-service testing, according to Patch.

But critics say the dispute is not merely about testing standards. It is about whether the extraordinary government power to carry a firearm, detain people, and arrest American citizens should be entrusted to someone who has not obtained American citizenship.

Councilwoman Candace Fay attempted to force separate votes on permanent residents and DACA recipients, but her motion was rejected. Fay reportedly warned that DACA protection is temporary and could be withdrawn, potentially leaving taxpayers responsible for training an officer who later becomes ineligible to remain in the country.

Democrat Councilman Joe Britton said the quiet part out loud. The vote, he declared, “sends a message to our immigrant community at large that you are welcome in Danbury.” He added that once the uniform goes on, background “doesn’t matter.”

Democrat Mayor Roberto Alves aggressively defended the change.

“This vote was about removing an unnecessary barrier for qualified people who already call Danbury home and want to serve their community,” Alves told the Danbury News-Times.

Alves insisted that hiring requirements would remain in place.

“The standards are not being lowered,” he claimed.

Mayor Alves has also made his personal connection to the immigration battle clear.

During his recent appearance on MS NOW, where he discussed ICE operations, Alves said:

“I grew up undocumented. I got my citizenship in 2017. These are my neighbors.”

Alves was brought to the United States as a five-year-old child. His family reportedly overstayed its visas, and he later became an American citizen in 2017.

The City of Danbury’s biography says Alves was born to a Brazilian mother and Portuguese father and has lived in Danbury since his family immigrated from Brazil.

🚨 HOLY SMOKES. Danbury, Connecticut has just voted to let noncitizens serve as police officers — and the city’s Democrat mayor just admitted HE CAME TO AMERICA ILLEGALLY

MAYOR: “I grew up undocumented. These are my neighbors.” 🤯

So an American city is run by a FOREIGN INVADER… pic.twitter.com/jNKIAqVQmz

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 5, 2026

This is not the first Democrat-controlled jurisdiction to remove citizenship barriers from law-enforcement employment.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Seattle began recruiting DACA recipients to become police officers after Washington state expanded eligibility for civil-service positions.

The Gateway Pundit also reported in 2023 that Illinois lawmakers advanced legislation allowing certain noncitizens and DACA recipients to serve in law enforcement.

At the time, Republican Illinois State Senator Chapin Rose warned that giving noncitizens the authority to arrest Americans represented a “fundamental breach of democracy.”

Danbury’s Democrat machine has now joined that disturbing movement.