Cops Without Citizenship: New Mexico Law Opens Police Force To Non-Citizens
1 sourceUpdated Jul 1, 2026
A recent Democratic-backed law in New Mexico seeks to solve the state’s rampant crime problem and shortage of cops by letting foreign nationals become police officers. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on April 7 signed…
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